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Ten lucky Lotto players will be enjoying a boost to their bank account after each winning $24,400 with Lotto Second Division in Wednesday nights Lotto draw, including Southland. One lucky player also won Powerball Second Division, taking their total winnings to $40,369. The winning Powerball Second

Invercargill Mayor Nobby Clark is right behind the They Save, We Pay campaign protesting cuts to the new Dunedin Hospital, alongside the Dunedin Mayor. Jules Radich is heartened by the strong support he is seeing for the community campaign, including 10,000 signatures on the NZ Nurses Organisation p

Ratepayers will be given the option to switch to receiving rates notices by email instead of by post, beginning later this week. Council rates notices are traditionally sent out quarterly via post but now Council is giving ratepayers the opportunity to have their rates notices emailed directly to th

All eyes were on the Gore District Council this afternoon, including national media waiting for more drama to unfold at the monthly meeting. But councillors and the Mayor Ben Bell were all onboard with the recommendations for an independent review as a result of the breakdown between his Worship and

This is a live stream of the Invercargill City Council meeting on housing issues. The council is discussing various topics related to the provision and planning of housing in the region, such as the Beyond 2025 Regional Housing workstream, the housing strategy, and the provision of council housing f

After 24 years of service, Nigel Skelt has resigned from his role as General Manager of ILT Stadium Southland, effective immediately. Skelt cited medical grounds and personal reasons for his decision to retire from the Stadium, which is a world-class, multi-purpose venue that hosts a range of sporti

The racing was intense from the first race until the last when Southland hosted the 2023 New Zealand Junior Motocross Championships at the weekend. The MotoSouth, KTM and Kawasaki-sponsored annual school holiday event was run over three days, from Friday through until Sunday, at The Sandpit track on

Denzil Travers of Wanaka won the annual A1 Auto Services 1 Hour race at the final meeting of the 2022/2023 motor racing season presented by Downer at Teretonga Park in Invercargill on Sunday. Travers, driving an Audi LMS3 TCR car, took the race in a dramatic finish which saw comfortable leader, Jord