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Just days ago, Tauranga driver Derek Cecil was faced with the prospect of loading his damaged race car onto its trailer to begin the long trek home after an incident at Levels Raceway, Timaru, during an Historic & Vintage Racing Association (HVRA) class race. Derek’s Ford Escort RS2000, a car with a

Directors of Invercargill’s new major housing development Te Puawai have been frustrated by the hold up, but are still committed to the project. Although the earthworks consent has already been granted and work completed for that, the design has still not been finalised, and therefore no resource or

Environment Southland’s latest monitoring has found elevated levels of potentially toxic algae in the Aparima River at Thornbury. Algae naturally occur in waterways and can flourish during hot and fine conditions. Most algae are harmless. However, some species can produce toxins and rapidly bloom to

NZ Transport Agency is urging drivers to plan ahead as work gets underway from next week on three large safety improvement projects on Southland highways. The project locations are: SH6/98/99 Lorneville roundabout, Invercargill SH6 North Road, Invercargill on the southern approach to Lorneville roun

The winds of change seem to be blowing at TVNZ The broadcaster has decided that there is no room for the long running find-a- crim show after nearly 20 years of being on our screens, TVNZ say Ten 7 Aotearoa (formerly Police Ten 7) will end in April after 20 years of exclusive and unprecedented […]

An extra Infrastructure Commitee meeting has been called for tomorrow, so councillors can sign off a submission to Parliament on one of the new Three Waters Bills. A report from Erin Moogan, Group Manager – Infrastructure committee outlined issues in a report to the committee. The Government plans t

A brand-new ambulance was recently added to the St John Patient Transfer Service (PTS) ambulance fleet in Invercargill, designed to provide high volume daily scheduled service between Invercargill and Dunedin. Funded by St John, the new vehicle is the first of St John’s new long liner PTS ambulances

“Severe Thunderstorm Watch Issued for Southern South Island – Westland, Central Otago, Southern Lakes, Clutha, Southland, and Fiordland. The Meteorological Service has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for several regions in the southern South Island, including Westland, Central Otago, Southern Lak