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The Southern District Health Board’s Surgical Ward in Southland Hospital has received a generous donation of specially curated weighted soft toys from the Southland Hospital Volunteers Charitable Trust. Jan Little, Charge Nurse Manager Surgical ward, accepted this donation on behalf of the team at t

Three Lotto players from Paeroa, New Plymouth and Cromwell will be celebrating a midweek windfall after each winning $333,333 with Lotto First Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. The winning tickets were sold at Four Square Paeroa in Paeroa, New World Merrilands i n New Plymouth, and Cromwell New

Invercargill’s City Block development is racing ahead in leaps and bounds with precast walls starting to go up for the Farmers building and car park foundations being poured. Invercargill Central Limited public relations manager Amy Hibbs said the vertical structure was underway with several 13-metr

A crash occurred about 6pm tonight on Stead Street in Invercargill, involving a car and a Police vehicle. No one was injured in the incident.  Police have arrested three people in relation to this crash and are working to locate a fourth. Those three arrested are all young people, due to appear in I

Arguably one of the most unkempt intersections in Invers is in for a make over this week. The intersection of Tay and Lindisfarne Streets is getting re-surfaced. Highways South say while the work is being carried out at night, there will be temporary speed limits, a lane drop and turning restriction

The arrival of new settlers to western Southland from the other side of the world was marked on Saturday. The ambassador for Hungary, his Excellency Mr László Zsolt Szabó travelled from Wellington to unveil the plaque in less than sparkling weather. The plaque attached to a seat is located near the

The 2020 Three Minute Thesis Competition or 3MT (as it is widely known), took place recently at Southern Institute of Technology (SIT), with the hotly-contested first prize being taken out by Bachelor of Audio Production student, Jesse Brand and his presentation entitled “Virtual Musicality: The App

Police were called to the intersection of Conon Street and Tweed Street. When a man had been seriously injured following an assault. The man has been taken to hospital and Police have traffic management in place. Police are currently making area enquiries to locate the offender.