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Toastie warm or sweating about it 🥵? We’ve had 3 fireplace related fires this week – Yikes! 😳 🔥 Wood next to fireplace caught fire 🔥 Home filled with smoke because of chimney fire 🔥 Home filled with smoke because a log was jammed in the fireplace 🏠 Keep a clear area at least 1m […]

Opinion Some significant name changes of kiwi fav’s are on the way. The makers of Tip Top ice cream will be dropping the Eskimo from Eskimo Pies. Afghan biscuits, Chicos and Red Skins lollies are also names that will disappear. But hang on, aren’t Afghan biscuits Kiwi baking staples….a Kiwi go-to? W

Watch the timelapse video below of the bridge construction. The new Pyramid bridge across the Mataura River will be officially opened at a ceremony on Friday 26 June 2020. The new bridge opens ahead of schedule and more than $2 million under the initial budget in what has been a remarkable project c

The Southland District Council has approved a 2.31 per cent rate rise, and will look at rates relief for those suffering financial hardship on a case-by-case basis. The rise is less than the council’s long term plan forecast of 3.27 per cent, and also less than the 2.65% initially proposed earlier t

Dr Bloomfield said there were two new cases of Covid-19 to report today, both in managed isolation facilities. One case in Wellington was now considered recovered, Dr Bloomfield said, so the total number of active cases was 10. Watch the live briefing here around 1pm: If you have symptoms of the cor

How do you train healthcare workers to recognise and manage Covid-19 before they have access to patients, or before people get sick? Southern Institute of Technology nursing students are learning through ‘augmented reality’ – using holograms of actors portraying patients to prepare for managing Covi

Police can confirm one person has now died following a serious crash in Invercargill last week. The three-vehicle collision occurred at the intersection of Morton Street and Centre Street at about 3.50pm on Wednesday 17 June. The driver of one of the vehicles died yesterday in hospital. The police i

Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield is providing an update on Covid-19 cases in the country. Yesterday, two more cases were confirmed, bringing the total of active cases to seven. The combined total of confirmed and probable cases was 1511. Watch the briefing live here around 1pm: A New