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Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield is providing an update on Covid-19 ahead of this afternoon’s alert level decision. Latest from the live update: There are nine new cases of Covid-19. Eight of the cases are in the community and are all linked to the Auckland cluster. One of the confirm

A vehicle hit a power pole on the corner of Tweed and Clyde Street early this morning, with the two occupants taken to hospital with moderate injuries. The incident happened at 12:53am and both Fire and Emergency and St John attended – with the injured taken to Southland Hospital. A part of the stre

Some car windows on Isabella Street were smashed this morning, whatsoninvers.nz received several message about it. Police were notified at 6:59 this morning of someone damaging a vehicle on Isabella Street, Police attended and one person was taken into custody.

The business finance guarantee scheme has been broadened by the government in an effort to get more companies to take up lending. The lending, administered by retail banks but 80 percent guaranteed by the Crown, has been increased to a $5 million limit, with the maximum term upped from three to five

An Invercargill couple are over the moon after finding out that they scooped a $5 million share of the $50 million Powerball prize from Saturday’s Must be Won draw. The couple, who wish to remain anonymous, had no idea they were sitting on the winning ticket until they visited Collingwood Foodcentre

A building at the Invercargill City Council Parks and Reserves Department HQ on Racecourse Rd  has all but been gutted in a blaze earlier this afternoon. ICC Communications manager Hannah McLeod says all staff on site are well and accounted for. Ms McLeod says the Fire Service have extinguished the

There are nine new cases of Covid-19 in the community in New Zealand and two in the country’s managed isolation and quarantine facilities, Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield has revealed. The latest from live update: There are 11 new cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand today. Nine are related

Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield will provide a COVID-19 update at 1.00 pm today.