A recidivist drink-driver will spend four weeks behind bars after being remanded in custody in Balclutha District Court to await sentence last week for his seventh drink-driving conviction.

A man who attacked his partner after accusing her of cheating and not answering her phone appeared in Invercargill District Court last week.

The bouncer involved in the Mike Tindall incident appeared in court on assault charges yesterday.

A man was told his life had been ruined by alcohol abuse when he appeared in Invercargill District Court last week.

A 40-year-old Alexandra man who acted violently towards his former partner was remanded in custody.

A man who hit a woman with a rental car has been ordered to pay her $10,000.

A Southland deer farm and its farm manager were yesterday fined for disturbing the bed of a river.

Roxburgh man Warren Bruce Johnston has pleaded guilty to the murder of his wife last year.

"She is a female. She is your daughter, for goodness sake," Judge Kevin Phillips said as he sentenced a man to jail for attacking his 17-year-old daughter.

A Saudi Arabian student is expected to appear in court after allegedly stabbing a relative with a jagged light bulb.

A man was sent to jail after an unprovoked attack left his victim with serious injuries, including a fractured skull and burst ear drum.

A truck driver who accidentally struck and killed a cyclist at an intersection last year appeared in Invercargill District Court last week.

A man who broke into his former partner's house and violently attacked her has been sentenced to three years' jail.

A jury in the Invercargill District Court last night found a man guilty of four historic sex charges.

A man who threatened a woman by telling her she would not be around much longer was yesterday remanded.

The man facing historic rape and sexual assault charges has said he never touched the victims despite exposing himself to them.

A woman who stole items ranging from make-up to underwear said she did so because she was angry she had missed the bus.

Queenstown bouncer Jonathan Dixon has indicated he will plead not guilty to assault charges laid against him, saying he was instead trying to help the man at a Queenstown bar on January 21.

A teenager who drove in an "absolutely frightening" manner and led police on a 16km chase exceeding 180kmh has had his vehicle confiscated.

A woman who accidentally struck her 17-month-old child in the head while in a heated argument has acknowledged she needs help.