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Police are seeking witnesses to an assault that occurred on the corner of Dee and Esk Streets, Invercargill, yesterday, Sunday 8 September. A man was assault by another man outside the Night and Day at around 3:15 am. The victim suffered a fractured jaw after allegedly being punched then kicked whil

Invercargill Police is urging the community to be vigilant following a recent spate of thefts from vehicles. Over the last month Police has received 10 reports of people who had items stolen from their vehicles in recreation areas and reserves around Invercargill. “When you leave your vehicle please

The next triennial local body elections will be held in 2019. Subject to the final determination of any current representation reviews, elections will be held for: Mayor (1 Vacancy) Rebecca Amundsen Steve Chernishov Darren Ludlow Tim Shadbolt Council (12 Vacancies) Lindsay Abbott Rebecca Amundsen Ar

One person has died after a boat rolled over in Fiordland yesterday. The boat, containing three occupants, is believed to have been swamped and rolled over at around 3pm yesterday afternoon near the river mouth at Wairaurahiri. The three occupants were able to swim to shore. One of those people rais

Two Lotto players from Auckland and Hamilton 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 Manukau Pak N Save in Auckland and Gordonton Superette in Hamilton. Powerball was not struck this even

On Thursday 5th September at SIT Centrestage the Chamber of Commerce hosted a ‘Meet the Mayoral Candidates’ evening. MC was John Prendergast asking the tough (and not so tough) questions to incumbent Sir Mayor Tim Shadbolt, Deputy Mayor Becs Amundsen, Cr Darren Ludlow and Steve Chernishov, followed

The government has scrapped its long-standing target to build 100,000 homes over 10 years and will release properties it is struggling to sell on the open market. Housing Minister Megan Woods has unveiled the hotly-anticipated reset of the government’s failed flagship policy. The reset includes sett

Listen to the full audio from the Invercargill City Council Extraordinary meeting on 21st August.