The Walter Peak fire has grown to an estimated 1,200 hectares, and firefighters are warning it could get bigger. Operations resumed at 7am this morning, with four helicopters running monsoon bucket runs to cool hotspots and dampen the perimeter. A fifth is up as an aerial platform directing the

Voting places for the 2026 General Election are confirmed, and there's a hard enrolment deadline Southland voters need to know about. More than 2,300 voting places will be open across New Zealand on election day, Saturday November 7. Advance voting opens Monday October 26. In total, 2,

EASTERN SOUTHLAND CAR CLUB 70TH ANNIVERSARY From small beginnings seventy years ago the Eastern Southland Car Club has much to celebrate when it marks its 70th anniversary with a function at the Croydon Lodge in Gore on Saturday 10 October. The night will bring together some of the earlier members

Brendon Leitch charged from 17th to the Pro-Am podium on the streets of Beijing — and did it the hard way. The Southland driver and Harmony Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 EVO co-driver Jiajun Song claimed their second Pro-Am class podium of the GT World Challenge Asia powered by AWS season in

Lindsay Herman has never won anything in his life. That changed on Sunday when his name came up at Eastern Suburbs Tavern and he walked away with $5,000. Herman was at his local when the grand prize draw for ILT's Great Pub Cash Giveaway was announced at

A charity auction built around a caddie's stories has delivered $56,500 for Hospice South — and the final tally isn't in yet. The Cruise 4 Care event, held with legendary New Zealand caddie Steve Williams as its drawcard, drew a record 330 people — up from 220

Regional airlines are getting a $5.7 million government lifeline as jet fuel and aviation gas costs bite hard. Regional Development Minister Shane Jones and Associate Transport Minister James Meager announced Monday that the money will come from the Regional Infrastructure Fund as working capital grants — covering day-to-day costs like

New Zealand has a new agency running its school property portfolio, and the Government says it is the clearest sign yet that the old way of doing things is finished. The New Zealand School Property Agency formally began operations today, taking over responsibility for building, managing and maintaining school property