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Mossburn residents are urged to conserve water immediately. This includes no washing of vehicles and no hosing or gardens or lawns, including hand held. One of the township’s two bores has run dry and the other is producing 4 litres per second. The town is using 4 litres a second and the reservoir i

Firemen are observing a huge vegetation fire in Southland and will send helicopters to battle the burn right off the bat Sunday. Fire Communications shift director Andrew Norris said it was indistinct how the burst, at Awarua Bay, close to Bluff, began, yet police were exploring. “It’s a huge fire c

Showcasing their depth of talent, the MG Mystics proved too classy for an improved Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel with a 67-59 win in Auckland on Saturday. Dominating the middle stages of the match, the Mystics were able to give their full bench court time during the match after building into a pos

Fifteen–year old Invercargill driver, Alex Crosbie, has maintained his impressive form following up his third place finish in the 2021/2022 South Island Formula 1600 Championship with a great start to the New Zealand Formula Ford Championship at Taupo Motorsport Park last weekend. Crosbie, who secur

Exclusive – by Special Affairs Correspondent whatsoninvers.nz can reveal that there has been notable activity by Russian interests off the southern coast. Our enquiries which have been backed up by eye witness accounts reveal that the activities have been going on for a period of months but largely

Deputy Mayor Nobby Clark is not one to usually change his mind – but life is full of surprises. Come Friday, he won’t be signing off the job next to Sir Tim Shadbolt as planned, but carrying on life as usual. The Mayor was about to lose his fourth deputy in five years, but somehow […]

Police continue to investigate a burglary, which occurred at a rural property in Colac Bay on Thursday morning. At around 8am the owner has come across a group of people on the property attempting to steal fuel. The owner has approached the group and been threatened with a firearm. The firearm was n

The Invercargill Licensing Trust’s restaurants and bar sales are down 23.3% and 30.7% respectively in the past month, compared to the same period in 2021. Chief executive Chris Ramsay said, in a report the board, that there was still a fear in the community of avoiding restaurants and bars to be saf