A woman who was subject to a Southland man’s terrifying fiveyear campaign of domestic violence says the ordeal ‘‘shattered my soul’’. Mark Robin Deans, 49, appeared in the Invercargill District Court on Tuesday where he was jailed for four...
A white picket fence has inspired the writer of an award winning poem. Arrowtown poet Wendy Clarke wrote Defences which won the open poetry section of the Dan Davin Literary Awards. Mrs Clarke said she was sitting in the Arrowtown cemetery and...
An Invercargill resident says he is living in fear after trees near his property hit power lines last week, causing them to arc and smoke. Jason Brett, of Greenhills, said the trees had been a problem since he moved to the area in August last...
As councils and community leaders grapple with solutions to Southland’s housing shortage, new figures show the number of properties listed on shortterm rental sites increased by 27.2% in the past year. The latest figures were...