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Cormac Buchanan scored his first world championship points of the season in Hungary, finishing 14th after a red flag denied him a likely top-10 result. The Southland teenager was closing fast on the leaders at Balaton Park when a four-rider crash halted the 20-lap Moto3 race with two laps remaining.

Students with disabilities in Invercargill now have their own supermarket to master real-world skills. Front-Line Training opened a Mini Woolies site on Friday — a fully functional replica supermarket complete with fresh food sections, grocery shelves, working registers and Woolworths uniforms. The programme lets young people with disabilities practice handling money,

The Southern Steel smashed their way to the highest score of the season, crushing the Northern Stars 71-59 to keep their finals hopes alive. Trailing by five goals early, the Steel flipped the script in the second quarter and never looked back. They now need just one more win to

The Sharks have won nine straight games. Southland beat Franklin 12-10 in a grinding defensive battle at Stadium Southland on Wednesday night, extending their winning streak despite a late Bulls comeback that fell just short. Tobias Cameron came off the bench to score 18 points in his second game back,

Non-elected members will lose voting rights on council committees. Local Government Minister Simon Watts announced changes to the Local Government Act that will restrict voting to elected councillors only. "Councillors are directly accountable to voters for their decisions. We are amending the Local Government Act 2002 so only elected

Businesses will pay $40 million less each year to accept commercial credit cards under new caps proposed by the Commerce Commission. The regulator wants to limit interchange fees on Mastercard and Visa commercial credit cards, which currently cost New Zealand businesses $125 million annually. "We expect our proposed interchange

UPDATE: Now Open. State Highway 6/Garston-Athol Highway at Garston in northern Southland is closed following a crash this morning. The crash occurred near the intersection with Hume Road and emergency services are at the scene of the crash. People are asked to delay their journeys in this area, or

SBS Bank has struck a technology partnership that will make it the first New Zealand bank to use a core banking platform powering millions of customers worldwide. The Invercargill-based bank announced a long-term deal with Engine by Starling, the cloud-native platform developed by UK digital bank Starling Bank. The technology