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Southland was battered by gale force winds and rain most of Wednesday continuing today. Below is the forecast from Metservice and some of the photos posted to the What’s On Invers Facebook page, also watch the video of shipping containers falling into the harbour at Southport, Bluff. Severe gale wes

Southland District Council closed its Winton area office and library at 5pm today after testing confirmed the presence of airborne mould spores and fungal contamination. Following recent testing, a report received today recommended closing the library and office while further investigations are carr

Armed Police have been making arrests in South Invercargill starting on Princes and Roy Streets area and now have moved to Nelson Street. Messages to the What’s On Invers Facebook page describe someone being hand cuffed and taken away by police. There were also reports of Police with guns patrolling

State Highway 99 that passes through Wallacetown was blocked this afternoon for a time while a clean-up was done after a two car crash at the Dunlop Street intersection. The accident was reported to Police at about 2:30pm, no one was seriously injured but St John ambulance staff attended. Fluids fro

Police made an early morning raid on an Invercargill home leading to an arrest. This morning Invercargill Police, along with the AOS squad executed a search warrant at a Shannon Street address in Invercargill says Acting Detective Sergeant Matt Wyatt. This was in relation to drug dealing and firearm

A woman has died after a quad bike rolled on a rural property in Chaslands, west of Papatowai. Emergency services were called to the scene off Chaslands Highway about 3:50pm. Worksafe has been advised and the death will be referred to the coroner.

Hi there team, a bit late in getting this going this week but we’ll make it worth your while with two from Dave Dobbyn’s DD Smash days. First up is a true Kiwi Klassic The Outlook For Thursday……your guess as good as mine. Second is a track from The Optimist album Magic What She Do, […]

Early this morning (Saturday 4th May) at about 2:30am on the corner of Crinan and Clyde Streets two men were assaulted in. Both men were taken to Southland hospital with varying injuries. One man with cracked ribs has been released from hospital, the second suffered more serious injuries including n