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The Hawthorndale Care Village has just $4 million left to raise with $29m funding confirmed for the $33m development, trustee and project chair Sarah Hannan advised this week. “We are thrilled at the fundraising progress made early on, and then was paused during the pandemic. We are now keen to re-e

A service that provides community based rehabilitation helping Southlanders to recover and make the transition back to their daily lives after hospitalisation is celebrating not only its fifth birthday, but the benefits of an increase in staffing. This means there is now no waiting list, and Southla

Police can now release further information in relation to the three separate crashes in the Milton area yesterday. Emergency services responded to the crashes after two distress beacons were activated in the area at around 12.10pm. The crashes were related to the 18th Annual Lake to the Sea Motorcyc

One lucky Lotto player from Drury will be popping the champagne after winning $1 million with Lotto First Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. The winning ticket was sold at Drury Lane Lotto Superette in Drury. Powerball was not struck this evening and has rolled over to Wednesday night, where the

Police can confirm the death of a woman in Invercargill this week was not suspicious. The woman was located deceased at a Grace Street property on Thursday 29 October and her death was initially treated as unexplained, Acting Detective Senior Sergeant Greg Baird said. The matter will now be referred

There have been seven new cases of Covid-19 reported in New Zealand today, all in managed isolation. In a statement, the Health Ministry said there were no community cases. The seven new cases include one who arrived from the United States on 26 October; one from the Ukraine on 26 October; two from

Police are investigating the death of a woman in Invercargill. Police were called to a Grace Street address at about 4.15pm yesterday where the body of the woman was discovered. We are currently treating her death as unexplained while we are working to understand the circumstances. A scene examinati

Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) Veterinary Nursing students have been run off their feet by hundreds of furry paws this week, in the Free Annual Pet Health Clinic, with significantly more animals seen this year. At least 150 more pets than 2019 have had a check-up of some kind, due to an incr