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Two people have been critically injured in a two-car collision in Winton late Sunday night. They have been airlifted to hospital, while a further two people with minor to moderate injuries have been transported by ambulance. The collision happened about 7.40pm at the intersection of State Highway 6,

A person has been taken to Southland hospital with very serious injuries after the motorcycle they were riding collided with the airport overbridge on Tweed Street in Invercargill about 3.30am this morning (Sunday 16th Oct). The motorcycle burst into flames after the collision. The road was closed f

Invercargill Police have arrested three gang members as part of Operation Cobalt – a national operation aimed at disrupting gang activity. The three were arrested as a result of enquiries following an earlier fleeing driver incident when police attempted to stop their car in Invercargill on Thursday

Invercargill Central has over 13,000 people visiting the new shopping centre every week, with several new businesses opening in recent weeks. Marketing manager Rebecca Sheppard said the opening of EB Games and The Coffee Club were both met with much great excitement, and great support from the South

Four performances in the top seven earned important Olympic qualifying points without podium reward for New Zealand riders on day three of the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in France. Closest was Southland’s WorldTour professional rider Corbin Strong who was edged out by millimetres in the f

Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited today revised the forecast for its 2022/23 New Zealand milk collections to 1,480 million kilograms of milk solids (kgMS), down from its previous forecast of 1,495 million kgMS. Fonterra last reduced its 2022/23 milk collections forecast in early September. Fonterr

Fire and Emergency New Zealand is hopeful for settlement of a collective agreement with the New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union (NZPFU) after receiving recommendations made by mediator/facilitator Graeme Colgan. This is an outcome of the facilitated mediation process that took place between

Saturday night will be rock n roll night as we celebrate the Platinum anniversary of  the Southland Rock n Roll Hall of Fame at the Ascot Park Hotel. The show was to feature 4 of Southland’s top bands from the 60’s and 70’s but sadly they’ve had to drop to three due to Dave Kennedy […]