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The Gore District Council is aiming to award the contract for construction of a new Pyramid Bridge within the next five months. This follows funding approval from the New Zealand Transport Agency last month. NZTA will provide a 73.63% subsidy for the project. The remaining cost will be equally funde

At the moment, according to the Stats NZ population clock, the number is closing in on 4,934,000. Stats NZ senior demographer Kim Dunstan said given current trends, New Zealand’s population could reach the five million milestone by the end of 2019, or early 2020. Based on forecasts around births, de

Police are appealing for information after a motorcyclist was seen travelling at excessive speeds south of Dunedin. On Saturday 5 January, an Aprilia SV1000 motorcycle was spotted by Police travelling on State Highway 1, near the township of Waihola, at 199km/h. “The speed this rider reached is beyo

Invercargill Police investigating two violent incidents in the city yesterday afternoon 3rd January are appealing to any members of the public who may be able to help to come forward. Just before 3pm, a man was speaking to the occupants of a vehicle near the Invercargill skate park, at the corner of

Police can now confirm the name of the woman who died as the result of a crash on State Highway 1, near Waihola, on 31 December. She was 24-year-old Alanna Louise Thom, of Dunedin. Police extend their condolences to her friends and family.

Timber Sports at the annual Tuatapere Sports Day have been held at Tuatapere since 1910. The timber sports were a great chance for people to view world class and world champion woodchoppers and sawyers in action. The event at Tuatapere formed part of the Southern Axemens Christmas circuit. It attrac

Police are making further enquiries into a fatal pedestrian crash, which occurred at Waimea Highway in Gore District at about 12.30am today, 2 January. Police are appealing to members of the public who might have seen a male in his late teens walking along Waimea Valley Road between 7pm, 1 January,

When Steve and Kelly Taylor decided to leave the rat race for the small Southland town of Lumsden there was much apprehension. 8 years later and the two entrepreneurs are living the ultimate lifestyle while running Roar Coffee roasters and Temple Tattoo. See how theses creatives have adapted to life