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Two lucky Lotto players will be feeling on top of the world after each winning $500,000 with Lotto First Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. The winning tickets were sold at Schofields Stationers Paper Power in Auckland and Wakatipu New World in Queenstown. Powerball was not struck this evening a

Invercargill Police are investigating an incident where a 12-year-old walking to school was approached by an unknown person. The incident occurred between 8 – 8.30am on Monday 4 February, near a park on Iona Street. The person was on foot and was described as wearing dark clothing, dark shoes and da

Around 11.30pm Friday evening a car initially parked outside BP Highway service station on Tay Street, allegedly pulled out, tried drifting around the Ythan & Tay Streets intersection, lost control, went up over the green centre plots, through the cabbage trees to face head on avoiding serious collu

The main entrance to Invercargill State Highway 1 was closed due to a house fire just off East Road this morning (Wednesday 6th February). The fire had taken hold and caused extensive damage to  the house by the time emergency services arrived. Police were on the scene sorting traffic management and

A coastal search for the two fishermen who went missing off rocks at Slope Point on Sunday afternoon continues. Police are now in a position to name the two men. They are 23-year-old Shaun Orchard and 28-year-old Hendrix Kamo, both of Southland. The families of the two men are being supported by Pol

Invercargill Police have today arrested two people in relation to injuries sustained by a five-week-old baby in October 2018. A 32-year-old man and a 35-year-old woman will appear in Invercargill District Court this afternoon. As the matter is now before the Court, police are unable to provide any f

It will be a night to remember for a lucky player from Feilding after scoring $10 million with Powerball First Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. The $10.2 million prize is made up of $10 million from Powerball First Division and $250,000 from Lotto First Division. The winning ticket was sold at

The National Party MP who had a relationship with fellow National MP Jamie Lee Ross and allegedly sent a text that is now under Police investigation is Invercargill MP Sarah Dowie. The text including words “You deserve to die.” The full text reads: The text sent to Ross said: “Before you interpret t