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Jack Heslip also took out the Junior World Ball trap title in the UK this year, and has been selected to represent New Zealand in a 3-person junior team vs Australia in Sydney in mid-January.

If your WoF has been expired for more than two months, the infringement fee rises from $200 to $350 — one of several higher penalties taking effect from Sunday.

Annual inflation is expected to hit 4.4 percent in the December quarter, largely reflecting current futures prices for fuel, the Reserve Bank says.

Married for 65 years, Ken and Yvonne Officer's Austin Cambridge is now available to view at Reloved by Hospice South, corner of Leet and Deveron Streets.

Invercargill City Council paid out $212,100 across seven payments, ranging from $5,025 to $99,059, while Gore District Council made no severance payments at all.

Southland is 1.6% above asking price — and West Coast buyers are also paying over asking, yet it remains the country's most affordable region at an average selling price of $482,000.

The fire affected 130 hectares of high country grazing and public conservation land. Sunday's firefighting efforts successfully protected the two cell towers on the top of Centre Hill.

Four non-elected committee members will lose their voting rights under proposed legislation changes from March 18, 2027.