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Businesses will receive the lion’s share of a $12.1 billion economic rescue package as New Zealand responds to the Covid-19 crisis. Beneficiaries and superannuitants will also get a cash bonus with a permanent increase to main benefit rates and a one-off doubling of the Winter Energy Payment this ye

Southland Relay for Life has been postponed due to the Coronavirus. Southland Cancer Society issued a notice on its Facebook page with the following statement. The Cancer Society takes the health and well-being of our communities seriously. In response to COVID-19 we have decided to postpone Relay F

Warbirds Over Wanaka has been cancelled by orgaisers, due to the Coronavirus. A statement was published on the Warbirds Over Wanaka website. Read it below. WARBIRDS OVER WANAKA INTERNATIONAL AIRSHOW – CANCELLED 15 March 2020 – by mandy deans The Southern Hemisphere’s largest Warbirds Airshow, Warbir

Air New Zealand has placed itself into a trading halt today to allow it time to more fully assess the operational and financial impacts of global travel restrictions. It says it is further reducing capacity across its network as a result of the impact of Covid-19 on travel demand. It says the long h

As a result of the Sal’s NBL announcement on Saturday, (followed by yesterday’s New Zealand Government decision) that all overseas visitors must follow the Ministry of Health’s 14-day self-isolation guidance, the SIT Zero Fees Southland Sharks have been working with their players and team management

A lucky Powerball player from Christchurch will be popping the champagne after scoring themselves $7.5 million with Powerball First Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. The winning ticket was sold at Redwood Mini Market in Christchurch and is made up of $7 million from Powerball First Division and

Hi there folks. Welcome to my look in The Rear View Mirror, a semi regular look at what’s been going and not going on around Invers and further afield. First up have you had a look at the demolition job in the central city. The demolition crews have really been at this week with a […]

US President Donald Trump says the US will suspend all travel from Europe to the United States for the next 30 days because of the Covid-19 coronavirus. US President Donald Trump addresses the Nation from the Oval Office about the widening novel coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis in Washington, DC on Mar