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Updated: list of winner locations and outlets. 0 Strike players from around the country will celebrating a well-timed Christmas bonus after winning $14, 913 in last night’s live Lotto draw. The Strike Must Be Won jackpot of $700,000 was not won by a single ticket and therefore rolled down to Divisio

Police have this morning made enquiries into a disturbing video shared online, which shows a kitten in Southland being killed. Constable Chris Wakelin said We have identified those responsible, who are all aged between 11 and 16 years old. The offenders will all be interviewed and referred to the In

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has identified 4 new properties as positive for the bacterial cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis and strongly suspects one further property. One of the latest infected properties is in the Hastings district, the other 3 are within a farming enterprise in Winton

Two women have been arrested following a joint operation between the Dunedin Police Organised Crime Squad and Customs targeting an organised crime group importing methamphetamine into Dunedin and Nelson. A search warrant was carried out in Dunedin on Thursday 7 December and two women, aged 40 and 28

It will be a weekend to remember for six Lotto players, who have won $166,667 each with Lotto First Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. The winning tickets were sold at Rockfield Superette in Auckland, Valentine’s Stationers in Auckland, Countdown Pukekohe and Countdown Pukekohe South in Pukekohe

With temperatures across the country much warmer than usual for this time of year, road surface temperatures are likely to be higher than 50°C through to Monday, 11 December, next week, says the NZ Transport Agency. “The summer roadworks season is in full swing across the South Island State Highway

Police and emergency services are attending a serious crash south of Milton. A vehicle travelling north has collided with a truck travelling south on State Highway 1, near Moneymore Road. A van following the other vehicle has taken evasion action and gone into a ditch. One person has died at the sce

The Gore District Council will lift the ban on handheld hosing at 7.00am today (Friday 8 December) after a replacement pump was installed at Gore’s main water source Cooper’s Wells. However, the reservoir needs to recharge, and with continued hot weather and very little rainfall forecast over the ne