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Invercargill Police have completed the investigation into a crash that resulted in the death of a 16-year-old. The crash occurred on Monday, 1 August 2022, on Nith Street, Invercargill. As a result, a 17-year-old youth has been referred to Youth Aid, charged with Reckless Driving Causing Death. Poli

Southland’s Diwali celebrations this Saturday is expected to attract thousands of people after a 2-year hiatus.  Hosted by the Indian Community Southland Inc, the festival at ILT Stadium Southland is gearing  up to be the biggest in the event’s five year history. Chair Vinay Sood said the festival w

The Bluff History Group will conduct the first ever guided tour of the older part of the Greenpoint Cemetery on Sunday 6 November. The tour, part of N.Z. Cemeteries Week, commences at the Lost at Sea Memorial, an area which was unveiled in August 1990 and was a project promoted by the Bluff Communit

Three lucky Lotto players will be enjoying a midweek windfall after each winning $333,333 with Lotto First Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. The winning tickets were sold at Four Square Newfield in Invercargill and on MyLotto to players from Auckland and Palmerston North. Powerball was not stru

Sonya Chalmers has been involved in many special celebrations in people’s lives, but after 28 years with Michael Hill Jeweller, she decided it was time for a new challenge. The Invercargill manager will have her last day at the new store in Invercargill Central on Saturday, and admits she will be sa

Invercargill’s Santa Parade just gets better every year, and organisers are busy getting ready for a family gala afternoon to follow the main event. Event manager Alice Pottinger said the original 3km circuit around the city would be back with floats and entertainers, so that all the groups that mis

Councils around the country were once responsible for traffic enforcement, and Invercargill’s Glenn Cockroft has a museum filled with much of the old memorabilia. (Watch the full video of Mike & About tour of this incredible place). Traffic patrol cars, the first fitted telephones, uniforms, badges,

The Australian and New Zealand Association for Research in Music Education (ANZRME) 44th Annual Conference is coming to the Southern Institute of Technology in Invercargill this week; the three-day event will facilitate the sharing of the latest in contemporary music education research, as well as p