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Hiya team. We’re at it again with another dose of Rocktober. Two crackers for you with Foo Fighters Learn To Fly from 1999 then it’s back to the real old days, the 1970’s with English hard rockers Foghat. Foghat made a point of using plenty of slide guitar on their tracks. The track Drivin’ Wheel […

All Blacks greats will take the field in Southland today to say thank you to the supporters of the Southland Charity Hospital and to honour the man behind it.   The Pack the Park rugby match will kick off at 3.20pm this afternoon ahead of the Southland Stags taking on Taranaki at Rugby Park in […]

Police were notified of a collision involving a vehicle and parked cars on Tweed Street, no reported injuries. Police are investigating the cause.

Auckland lost 200 jobs a day during the city’s second lockdown in August, and job seekers are swelling job application piles. Auckland Council’s economic team, which has tallied the cost, said the total 4205 jobs lost in the region were 60 percent of the national total for the month. Its chief econo

The inside lanes on Dee Street between Bay Road and Louisa Streets will be closed in both directions this weekend. While Invercargill City Council conduct surveying on the road. Due to single lanes operating both ways there will also be a temporary speed limit of 30km/hr to keep the cres safe. At 8a

Update: Tuesday 6th October. Due to strong winds overnight there have been a few flare-ups. Fire crews are managing these and will continue fighting the fire today. Helicopters are not currently able to fly due to the strong winds. This will be reassessed if the weather changes. It will be a challen

Fonterra will sell its China farms to a local company for half a billion dollars, as it continues to find ways to pay down debt. The deal, which was finalised over the weekend, saw the dairy giant’s two farming hubs in Ying and Yutian sold for $513 million, and in a separate deal it agreed […]

The Southland Chamber of Commerce has taken to Shakespeare to explain their stance about the Otago Southland Employers Association and Otago Chamber merger. “What’s in a name? That which we call a Chamber of Commerce by any other word would smell as sweet. But not as the Southland Chamber of Commerc