Paige Turner

Two Southland drivers were caught over the alcohol limit this morning — not from drinking and driving, but from drinking the night before and assuming they were fine by morning. Both were pulled over in routine traffic stops for speeding. Both blew over the legal limit on evidential breath testing. One

Invercargill's first full playground renewal in years has reopened in South City, and it comes with features the city has never seen in a neighbourhood park before. Pomona St Playground officially opened on Wednesday after nearly four months of construction, unveiling what council Play Advocate Dr Damien Puddle

Two Southland drivers caught speeding this morning were also over the legal alcohol limit — both after drinking the night before and assuming they'd slept it off. One of the stops was in a school zone. Both drivers underwent evidential breath testing after being pulled over for speeding. Both

Southland has its first Lotto winner in weeks, but Powerball rolls on. Saturday's draw pushed the jackpot to $40 million after no one matched the Powerball numbers on Wednesday night. Three players split Lotto First Division, each taking home $333,333. Their tickets were sold at MyLotto in

A Winton man with kidney cancer waited nearly seven months for surgery after his operation was cancelled without explanation — and nobody at Southland Hospital told him why. David Evans undergoes surgery every three to four months to cut away the cancer. His January procedure at Southland Hospital went ahead. The

Fire and Emergency New Zealand spent $90,000 on a PR firm and lawyer to help prepare an 80-page submission for a parliamentary inquiry into why its own vehicle fleet has been in crisis for years. MPs were not impressed. "The fact that you had to hire outside a

SIT's nursing school has spent close to half a million dollars refurbishing its clinical suite — and the result is a training ward that looks and functions like the real thing. The Southern Institute of Technology School of Nursing officially reopened the upgraded space last week, expanding the clinical

New Zealand's two replacement Cook Strait ferries will be named Kupe and Cook — and Minister for Rail Winston Peters is already bracing for the argument. Peters announced the names at Parliament, alongside confirmation that KiwiRail will operate both vessels for 30 years from their arrival in 2029. The