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Police can now release the names of the two men who died in a motorcycle crash on Sunday November 18. Police extend their sympathies to the families. They were Timothy James Meers, 50, of Otautau, and Russell Allan Blackford, 41, of Athol. The deaths have been referred to the Coroner. Two people hav

Two people have died in a motorcycle crash in Southland this afternoon. The crash occurred near the intersection of Fairfax Isla Bank Road and Riverton Otautau Road at 12.45pm. A third person has suffered critical injuries. Initial reports suggested four people had been involved in the crash, and at

Hi y’all, sorry about running a tad late this week. Have to ask, just where has this week gone? And it’s mid November already! If you haven’t already, drop in and see Hayden and Toni at Little Fire Music Works on Dee St and see what that put in someone’s Santa sack. We continue with […]

Southland space operations continue to gain momentum with the region yesterday playing a support role to Rocket Lab with their first fully commercial launch. Venture Southland started its launch season yesterday by providing radio telemetry support to Rocket Lab and has one more rocket and six more

Several pieces of the $13.3 million Whakamana te Waituna programme are taking shape as part of the five-year catchment management programme in and around the internationally renowned lagoon. The partnership between Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu, Te Rūnanga o Awarua, Environment Southland, Department of Con

Police would like to thank members of the public for information that led to an arrest on Tay Street, Invercargill yesterday. The man, who was wanted on firearms related offences, was arrested at 6pm in a motel unit. After a search of the unit the 33-year-old will now face further charges including

A man who was critically injured in a crash near Kingston last week has died in hospital. The crash involving a car and a bus occurred on SH 6 at around 7.20am on Thursday 1 November. The cause of the crash remains under investigation by the Serious Crash Unit. Another man died at the crash […]

A 14-year-old male has been remanded in custody following an incident at Southland Boys’ High School. Another male student was stabbed in the neck with a pair of scissors shortly before 2pm yesterday. The injuries are not life-threatening and he is recovering well in hospital. The 14-year-old appear