Curio Bay
Hoiho deaths leave Southland population on brink
With just one breeding pair left at Curio Bay, a trust protecting yellow-eyed penguins - one of the world's rarest penguin species - says its local population is at crisis point.
Tourist describes pulling her leg out of a shark's mouth
A French tourist who was attacked by a shark yesterday has described how she prised her leg out of the shark's mouth. Audio
Surfer shocked to hear of another shark attack
A man bitten by a shark in a Southland bay three years ago says he's shocked to hear a woman had been attacked at the same beach. Audio
Broadnose Sevengill shark thought behind Curio Bay attack
A French tourist is recovering after being attacked by a shark while bodyboarding at Curio Bay on the Southland coast yesterday. Shark expert Clinton Duffy thinks the shark was likely to be a… Audio
Woman attacked by shark off Catlins coast
A woman has been attacked by a shark at Curio Bay off the Catlins coast. Nick Smart runs the Catlins Surf School. Checkpoint spoke to him shortly after the incident. Audio
Search for missing pair turns overseas
Police are speaking to overseas associates of John Beckenridge, who disappeared with his 11-year-old stepson nearly two years ago.
Police find metal wreckage in sea at Catlins
The police have found metal wreckage in a cove at Curio Bay likely to be the car at the centre of a search for a missing Southland boy but they won't say if anyone is inside. Audio