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PowerNet customers in Southland and Otago have been experiencing power interruptions and network disturbances due to the high wind conditions in the region. PowerNet managed networks have been particularly affected, with disruptions reported from Central Southland through to North Otago. PowerNet ch

Ari Pettigrew of Cromwell dominated the annual Eastern Southland Car Club Crossroads Clinton Popotunoa Rallysprint in South Otago last Saturday. Pettigrew, driving a Holden Barina AP4, set some scorching times to win the event with a total elapsed time of 10 minutes.00.39 seconds, bettering Gore dri

A comprehensive three-quarter assault from the Trident Home Tactix has been rewarded with a 55-38 away victory over the Ascot Park Hotel Steel. But it was the Steel who walked off court to the cheers of the crowd – after a final 15 minutes that rates as their best of the season so far. In […]

Heavy rain warnings have been issued for Southland and Clutha, with expectations of 60 to 90 mm of rain and peak rainfall rates of 10 to 25 mm/h. Thunderstorms are also possible and the largest accumulations are likely to occur about and north of a line from Balclutha to Nightcaps. This heavy rain m

Upper Hutt driver Alex Little won the Mobil Delvac 1 Trophy for the fifth time when the NAPA Auto Parts NZ Super Truck Championship visited Teretonga Park in Invercargill this weekend. Little first won the trophy in 2018 and has won it every year since, apart from 2020 when the event was cancelled d

Invercargill City Holdings Ltd’s (ICHL) Annual Report shows the investment in the Invercargill Central Ltd development is performing as expected, ICHL Chair Brian Wood says. Invercargill Central Ltd has recorded the value of shares in its current accounts, which shows ICHL’s shares are currently val

Alex Little of Upper Hutt drew first blood as the NAPA Auto Parts NZ Super Trucks fought out their first race of the weekend at the Southern Thunder race meeting at Teretonga Park in Invercargill on Saturday. Little is the current NZ Super Truck Champion and leads this year’s standings after two of

Detective Senior Sergeant Greg Baird has confirmed that a youth has been arrested in connection with the arson of a vehicle on Moulson Street in Invercargill. The incident occurred on Saturday 11 March around 7.30am. The 14 year old teen is due to reappear in Invercargill District Court on 22 March