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Two lucky Lotto players from Porirua and Otago will be dancing in their living rooms after each winning $500,000 with Lotto First Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. The winning tickets were sold at Pak N Save Porirua and on MyLotto to a player from Otago. Powerball was not struck this evening an

The Wairio Trotting Club host their annual Cup Day at Central Southland Raceway in Winton on Saturday in a departure from the regular date which in past years was prior to Christmas. The Otautau Four Square Supermarket Wairio Cup for a stake of $20,000 over a distance of 2400 metres is the feature r

Environment Southland’s latest monitoring has found elevated levels of toxic algae in the Waiau River near the Excelsior Creek inflow. Toxic algae (benthic cyanobacteria) can be recognised in rivers and streams as a dark green/brown slime on rocks, or dark brown/black mats at the water’s edge. Sever

The next step has been taken towards a $4.2 million project which will allow South Invercargill’s community to further connect, communicate and collaborate. The Invercargill Community Connections Charitable Trust (IC2) officially launched The Grace Street Project today after securing ownership of th

Austrian Charlie Wurz won the Spirit Of A Nation Cup and maintained his championship lead when Round 2 of the Super Sprint New Zealand Motorsport Championship was held at Teretonga Park in Invercargill this weekend. Wurz arrived at Teretonga leading the Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Champi

On Monday, November 21st, family, whānau, friends and colleagues of the late Peter Skerrett – SIT Programme Manager (PM) in Contemporary Music, tutor, guitar exponent and ground breaker – gathered in Invercargill at SIT – Business Division of Te Pūkenga, to participate in a memorial which celebrated

It’s been a big week in politics with local National for Invercargill MP Penny Simonds being elevated to #20 in the National caucus, prime minister Jacinda Ardern chucking in the towel and resigning and only one nomination was in the hat to take over the top job. That was the man that stole SIT from

One person has died following a crash on the Dipton Winton Highway last night. The crash, involving a tanker and a car, was reported to Police around 11.42pm. Sadly, one person died at the scene. Two other people were taken to hospital with moderate and serious injuries. The Serious Crash Unit is in