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Two Lotto players from Hastings and Wanaka will have extra reason to celebrate this Waitangi Day after each winning $500,000 with Lotto First Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. The winning tickets were sold at Paper Plus Hastings in Hastings and Albert Town Four Square in Wanaka. Powerball was n

Hi team…a massive week for music fans, particularly fans of Elton John and Queen. Both acts are doing their thing at Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin in the coming days. It’s fair to say that a decent number of Southlanders are going to one or other, or both and why not! Sir Elton is in […]

A man has died of the coronavirus outside China, and any foreign travellers who leave from or transit through China will be refused entry to New Zealand from tomorrow. Passengers from international flights at Auckland Airport on Monday 27 January, after flights from Guangzhou and Shanghai had touche

It was a car enthusiast dream come true on Saturday with the huge range of cars on display at the Southern Grilles and Gasoline Car Show at Collegiate rugby club ground.   Photos by Vanessa Adcock Photography.

One lucky Strike player from the Bay of Plenty will be celebrating after winning $200,000with Strike Four in tonight’s live Lotto draw. The winning ticket was sold to a MyLotto player from the Bay of Plenty. Powerball was not struck this evening and has rolled over to Wednesday night where the jackp

A relic of New Zealand’s rail past has emerged from the mud 93 years after being dumped in a Southland River. A crowd gathered today as the recovered locomotive was placed in front of the Lumsden Railway Precinct – a tribute to a bygone era. The Lumsden Heritage Trust has been campaigning to retriev

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Two people have died following a serious crash on State Highway One, Mataura, Gore, this afternoon. Police were alerted to the single-vehicle crash around 5pm. Two other people have also been injured. Diversions are in place and motorists are advised to avoid the area. The Serious Crash Unit has bee