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Invercargill residents and busineses found themselves in the dark again today, with the fifth powercut in as little as eight weeks affecting parts of the inner-city. According to PowerNet Chief Executive Jason Franklin, a power outage at 7:54am on Wednesday, July 24, resulted in a loss of power in t

The government is to establish a firearms register and make major changes to the licensing regime, in the second phase of gun law reforms. In the aftermath of the 15 March shootings, the goverment made certain weapons illegal and set up a buy back scheme. A second piece of legislation will now set u

The big upset after the 2016 local Invercargill City Council election was Cr Graham Sycamore on the election day just squeaked back on to the council table, but this was short lived after special votes were counted. Sycamore was out and Lindsay Abbot took the 12th chair at the council table.   Take

Go for landing……immortal words from Houston control as The Eagle came closer and closer to where no man had gone before, the surface of the moon. A couple of minutes later another immortal line, “Tranquility base here, The Eagle has landed”. History had just been made, but more was to come with Neil

Third major power outage in 8 weeks. At approximately 10.34am, Friday 19 July we experienced temporary power outages at our Leven Street Substation, resulting in a temporary loss of Power supply in the Invercargill CBD and Bond and Mersey Streets. PowerNet employees were completing routine switching

Dunedin Police would like to make contact with 13-year-old Harmony, who has been missing since Monday 15 July. Harmony is 165cm tall and of medium build. Her hair is mid-length and she has a shaved undercut which is often worn in a ponytail. She was last seen wearing blue ripped jeans, an olive knit

This afternoon (Friday 19th July) a driver lost control of their car, hitting the store frontage of Ascot Four Square on Tay Street avoiding major damage to the store. A St John spokesperson confirmed no one was injured but the driver, an elderly woman was taken to hospital as a precaution. A staff

Vandalism to private property has forced a change in locks on the Old Snow Pole Track, near Piano Flat. Southland District Council roading contract manager Nick Lewis said vandals were ignoring road closure notices and going to considerable lengths to break into the area. “They are cutting through t