Latest from Stewart Island

Shark diving around Stewart Island will be under the spotlight at a public meeting tonight that is being hosted by New Zealand First.

The young Invercargill man shot dead on Stewart Island had helped build a hunters' hut on the island with his father and been on the local deerstalkers association's executive.

Police have released the name of a young hunter shot dead on Stewart Island yesterday.

It’s pitch black and Kina Scollay is in a cage at the bottom of the ocean as huge shapes emerge from the darkness.

A man sparked an Armed Offenders Squad callout on Stewart Island last night.

It's small, but packed with things wild and wonderful, says Elisabeth Easther.

Pamela Wade meets a real brown kiwi and other wild species on an excursion to isolated Stewart Island.

The fishing is as good as its gets, Estelle Sarney finds as she reels in the cod on a trip to Stewart Island.

"I can't see this behaviour of having sharks associate food with boats coming to anything good." Shark-cage diving isn't appreciated by some Stewart Is boaties.

A book about ambergris has created a s***storm in the South, with some Stewart Islanders unhappy their spot has been outed as a lucrative place to find sperm whale poo.

It's taken 35 years of determined lobbying and a law change, but Stewart Island/Rakiura finally has a visitor levy.

The Southland District Council is preparing to soften the impact of electricity price hikes on Stewart Island after outrage from residents, businesspeople and holiday home owners.

Plans to completely eradicate Stewart Island of pests have been unveiled by anti-cat crusader Gareth Morgan.

The coast appears clear and clean up teams have been stood down in the wake of the diesel spill caused by a fishing boat that ruptured a fuel tank when it struck rocks near Stewart Island.

Environmental groups face a nervous wait to find out how much damage will be done by a boating mishap off the southern coast of the South Island.

A fishing vessel struck rocks off Stewart Island in rough seas late last night and has spilled thousands of litres of diesel.

The first man to swim from Stewart Island to Bluff says he has great respect for the first person to conquer the fickle Foveaux Strait 50 years ago.

Surely I can't be the only New Zealander to arrive on Stewart Island and become hooked on bird watching?

Stewart Island is not completely predator free but compared with the mainland it is a paradise for our native birds, writes Jill Worrall.