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  •   Home > News > National >  Subscribe to NZCity's Upper South Island articles  Upper South Island
    Crews are cleaning up an oil spill along a stretch of State Highway 73, between Christchurch and the West Coast
     28 December 2025
    Crews are cleaning up an oil spill along a stretch of State Highway 73, between Christchurch and the West Coast
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    The holiday drowning toll stands at one - after a person was swept out to sea on Auckland's West Coast yesterday afternoon
    27 Dec: The holiday drowning toll stands at one - after a person was swept out to sea on Auckland's West Coast yesterday afternoon... more
    The West Coast is in for a soaking this Christmas, with heavy rain expected all day
    25 Dec: The West Coast is in for a soaking this Christmas, with heavy rain expected all day... more
    The South Island's West Coast is set to be lashed by rain this Christmas....for the rest of the country it's a mixed bag
    24 Dec: The South Island's West Coast is set to be lashed by rain this Christmas....for the rest of the country it's a mixed bag... more
    A Christmas miracle in Nelson - a cat stolen in a break-in at the SPCA ten months ago has been found
    24 Dec: A Christmas miracle in Nelson - a cat stolen in a break-in at the SPCA ten months ago has been found... more
    Nelson Asofa-Solomona's return to the boxing ring will come against a fellow former rugby league player - and a former Warrior
    23 Dec: Nelson Asofa-Solomona's return to the boxing ring will come against a fellow former rugby league player - and a former Warrior... more
    A stubborn pattern of drownings is continuing at Auckland's black-spot beaches
    22 Dec: A stubborn pattern of drownings is continuing at Auckland's black-spot beaches... more
    The Police Commissioner will be working Lyn Fleming's Nelson New Years shift in her memory - one year after her death
    21 Dec: The Police Commissioner will be working Lyn Fleming's Nelson New Years shift in her memory - one year after her death... more
    A historic land dispute dating back to the 1800s - is finally resolved
    17 Dec: A historic land dispute dating back to the 1800s - is finally resolved... more
    An early Christmas present for West Coast Department of Conservation rangers
    8 Dec: An early Christmas present for West Coast Department of Conservation rangers... more

     Most Popular Recent Upper South Island News
     04 Dec: Kiwis rugby league hard man Nelson Asofa-Solomona knows he's in for a tough time switching to boxing full-time +++++++++++
     02 Dec: Kiwis and former Melbourne Storm prop Nelson Asofa-Solomona is set to pursue his dream of becoming a champion heavyweight boxer +++++++++++
     05 Dec: Australian boxing promoter George Rose is relieved Nelson Asofa-Solomona can finally be rewarded for belting opponents +++++++++++
     04 Dec: Nelson Asofa-Solomona has confirmed the date for his first boxing bout since leaving the Melbourne Storm and quitting the NRL ++++++++++
     25 Dec: The West Coast is in for a soaking this Christmas, with heavy rain expected all day +++++++++
     07 Dec: One hiker's died, and another's been rescued from a track on the South Island's West Coast +++++++++
     17 Dec: A historic land dispute dating back to the 1800s - is finally resolved +++++++++

     Upper South Island NewsLinks
      30 Sep: Fast-moving front set to bring cold snap to south island and lower north (Stuff.co.nz)
      29 Aug: Weekend weather: winter to end with thunderstorms, 'significant' wind gusts (RadioNZ)
      29 Aug: Weather: a windy, cold start to the weekend (RadioNZ)
      28 Aug: Metservice warns of wet, windy weather for new zealand (NewstalkZB)
      28 Jul: Atmospheric river to bring more heavy rain, strong winds to northland, auckland, upper south island (NZ Herald)
      16 Jul: ‘we haven’t come to terms with it yet’: manager of country’s largest farm quits suddenly (Stuff.co.nz)
      20 Jun: Forecast suggests best chance of seeing matariki stars on east coast (RadioNZ)
      31 May: North and south korea are in an underground war - kim jong un might now be winning (BBCWorld)
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     Today's News

    Entertainment:
    Brigitte Bardot, iconic French actor, sex symbol and animal rights campaigner, dies aged 91 4:37

    Motoring:
    Crews are cleaning up an oil spill along a stretch of State Highway 73, between Christchurch and the West Coast 21:57

    Motoring:
    In Upper Hutt near Kaitoke, the intersection of SH2 and Waterworks Road has reopened after a collision 21:47

    Entertainment:
    King Charles' Christmas speech will be available in virtual reality 20:20

    Entertainment:
    Lily Allen has been "shopping like an insane person" following the success of her album West End Girl 19:50

    Entertainment:
    Sean Ono Lennon fears that younger generations could forget about The Beatles 19:20

    Environment:
    Sandbagging stations are open in Australia's far north, where residents are braceding for a drenching, with a slow-moving monsoon expected to dump up to 700mm of rain 18:57

    Entertainment:
    Chris Rea shared a poignant social media post in the hours before his death 18:50

    Environment:
    Thousands of displaced people in Gaza are preparing threadbare tents in the face of more winter rain 18:37

    Politics:
    Taiwan's cunning tax compliance makes most shopping receipts a ticket in a lottery 18:27

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