The Latest Breaking News from South Island

New Zealand may seem to be under meteor bombardment at the moment. After a huge meteor exploded above the sea near Wellington on July 7, creating a sonic boom that could be heard across the bottom of the South Island, a smaller fireball was captured two weeks later above Canterbury.

Wellington poets storm the South Island

As the South Island’s “We(s)t” Coast continues to live up to its name, the flow of public money for keeping the locals dry is unabated.

One species of iconic moa was almost wiped out during the last ice age, according to recently published research. But a small population survived in a modest patch of forest at the bottom of New Zealand’s South Island, and rapidly spread back up its east coast once the climate began…

A new law aims for sustainable management of the South Island’s much-loved high country. Dr Mick Strack explains why we should give it a chance

New Zealand throwing open its borders after more than two years — and there may never be a better time to visit.

It’s Waimate’s turn in the South Island game of waste-to-energy whack-a-mole

Earlier this month, we wrapped up the latest annual end-of-summer snowline survey over New Zealand’s South Island (Te Waipounamu), providing a birdseye view of how glaciers fared during the past year.

Twelve hundred exhausted school rowers travel home from their national championships in Twizel today — a journey a thousand times shorter than the one to get there, writes Karen Holdom.

A first, fragile attempt at Government-iwi co-governance is tearing apart, as Ngāi Tahu threatens to walk away from its partnership with three of the South Island's biggest councils.

Three consents owned by the South Island’s largest irrigation company have been terminated