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Invercargill Police are appealing for any information following an assault on Don Street, between Kelvin and Dee streets. A woman with short blonde hair was allegedly assaulted by another woman and a man about 3.30am Saturday 17 November, before the pair fled on foot. The victim received minor injur

Updated: The vehicle being sought by Police in relation to a robbery in Invercargill this morning has been located. It was found in Leven Street near the old railway station. Police are still seeking any sightings of the silver vehicle on or around Esk or Dee streets shortly before 9:10am. Police wo

Motorists are advised that SH1 south of Milton is closed to cars due to flooding. The road remains open to 4WD vehicles and trucks however anyone travelling on the road needs to drive to the conditions. The situation is being constantly assessed and updates will be provided should the situation chan

Police can now release the names of the two men who died in a motorcycle crash on Sunday November 18. Police extend their sympathies to the families. They were Timothy James Meers, 50, of Otautau, and Russell Allan Blackford, 41, of Athol. The deaths have been referred to the Coroner. Two people hav

Two people have died in a motorcycle crash in Southland this afternoon. The crash occurred near the intersection of Fairfax Isla Bank Road and Riverton Otautau Road at 12.45pm. A third person has suffered critical injuries. Initial reports suggested four people had been involved in the crash, and at

Hi y’all, sorry about running a tad late this week. Have to ask, just where has this week gone? And it’s mid November already! If you haven’t already, drop in and see Hayden and Toni at Little Fire Music Works on Dee St and see what that put in someone’s Santa sack. We continue with […]

Southland space operations continue to gain momentum with the region yesterday playing a support role to Rocket Lab with their first fully commercial launch. Venture Southland started its launch season yesterday by providing radio telemetry support to Rocket Lab and has one more rocket and six more

Several pieces of the $13.3 million Whakamana te Waituna programme are taking shape as part of the five-year catchment management programme in and around the internationally renowned lagoon. The partnership between Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu, Te Rūnanga o Awarua, Environment Southland, Department of Con