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Twenty-four lucky Lotto players will be toasting a special win after each winning $10,422 with Lotto Second Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. Two lucky players also won Powerball Second Division, taking their total winnings to $18,918. The winning Powerball Second Division tickets were sold at

The Bluff Rangatahi Zone, a free youth festival held for three days in Bluff during the school holidays, is returning for its second year. The festival is a tribute to the four local teenagers who were tragically killed in a car accident last year. The Tuurama Trust is hosting the free three-day fes

Watch out for the continued emergence of a crop of gifted junior players at the New Zealand Table Tennis Championships in Invercargill. That’s the word from Table Tennis New Zealand selector Bruce Northover, who was excited about the breakthrough Kiwi success at the recent Oceania championships in T

Round 2 of the Carter’s Tyre Service South Island Endurance Series at Teretonga Park in Invercargill on Saturday provided three exciting races as Jonny Reid and Sam Fillmore won the 3 Hour race, Jordan Michels of Invercargill, the Class 2/3 1 Hour race and Rhys Gould, the Class 4/5 1 Hour race. Each

Environment Southland and its design consultant and contractor have agreed to a solution after design and construction issues were discovered recently at the Stead Street Pump Station. Related: Delayed But Determined: Stead Street in Invercargill to Reopen with Two Lanes Soon Environment Southland g

Southern Institute of Technology have developed a pilot trades programme for year 10 students from Southland Girls’ High School (SGHS) to give them access to training which could help create a pathway for those interested in pursuing a career in trades. SIT Tertiary Academy Co-ordinator, Trudy Brown

Invercargill is hosting the New Zealand Table Tennis Championships over the next week for the first time in 21 years. The eight-day event kicks off tomorrow morning at ILT Stadium Southland with an opening ceremony at 8:30am, bringing 268 individuals and 91 teams of three players south. Southland Ta

The weather since Monday 18th September has been wild wet and windy and cold. The  date 18th September was a Saturday thirteen years ago back in 2010. On the spring day we got a large dumping of snow, causing the roof of Stadium southland to collapse. The weather is always crazy around this time of