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Two lucky Lotto players from Dunedin and Balclutha will be feeling on top of the world after each winning $500,000 with Lotto First Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. Related: Southland Players Win Big with Lotto Over The Past Five Months The winning tickets were sold at New World Balclutha and

Gore’s rates are set to double, with the council proposing an 11.56% increases as it tackles rising interest rates and a tight employment market. The district council will need an extra $900,000 in rates funding in the coming financial year to service its loans at the higher interest rates of up aro

Our lucky streak continues here is the deep south with Invercargill included in  Saturday nights lotto draw. Nineteen lucky Lotto players will be toasting a special win after each winning $13,945 with Lotto Second Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. Two lucky players also won Powerball Second Div

A man has died following a fleeing driver event after a commercial burglary in Dunedin overnight. Around 1:25am, Police were called to a liquor store in Hillside Street to reports of a burglary. Attending Police arrived, and located a vehicle of interest nearby and attempted to stop it. However, the

The Southern Green Hydrogen, Southland Business Excellence Awards powered by Meridian Energy and Woodside Energy kicked off this week. The biennial award ceremony is a prestigious event in the Southland business calendar and attract a wide range of organisations from across the region. This year, th

Police acknowledge the findings of the Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) which found that Police were justified in shooting an armed man near Invercargill last year. On 19 March 2022, Police responded to an address in Dacre in search of a man thought to have seriously injured his former pa

Another massive season of harness racing looms with the announcement of the dates for the 2023/2024 harness racing season. As it was last year, one of the big features of the new season is the positioning of the Invercargill Cup in December, scheduled for a twilight meeting on Friday 22 December. Th

A group of SIT Bachelor of Music and Audio Production students will gain a first-hand taste of the realities of life on the road as musicians when they take on their own tour to some out-of-the-way places in the South Island. The group of eight students who are SIT SOUNZ 2023 and are in final […]