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Five lucky Lotto players will be popping the champagne after each winning $200,000 with Lotto First Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. The winning tickets were sold at the following stores: Store Location Countdown Kerikeri Kerikeri Onerahi Bookshop & Lotto Whangarei Kaukapakapa Store Kaukapakap

10:44am UPDATE: SH 6 Queenstown to Lumsden – Crash – Delays – ROAD OPEN – The road is now open to one lane at the intersection of Allandale Road. Stop / Go traffic management is in place. Road users are advised to expect significant delays. One person has died in a serious collision between a […]

Two mountain guides have died and climber Jo Morgan has survived after an avalanche hit near Aoraki / Mt Cook. Ms Morgan, a well-known adventurer, was with two professional mountain guides on Harper Saddle on Mt Hicks, near Aoraki / Mt Cook when they were caught in the avalanche. The bodies of the t

he Police National Dive Squad has this morning recovered two bodies off the southern coast of Otago. While formal identification has not yet taken place, it is believed that the bodies are those of the two Balclutha men reported overdue from their diving trip on Saturday night. A search was under wa

A search is under way in Southern Otago after two men were reported overdue from a diving trip last night. The men were diving recreationally for paua and entered the water in Purakaunui Bay. The men, aged 23 and 51, are from Balclutha. Police were notified at 7.30pm last night that the men had not

With the holiday season not far away, now is a good time to take extra measures to protect your property. Recent reports of suspicious activity in Tisbury and Northern Southland has also meant that CCTV security has become the norm for home and business surveillance. Scott Anderson from Top Gear Aud

Clutha-Southland MP Hamish Walker has selected Queenstown teenager Tristan Taquet as the 2019 Clutha-Southland Youth MP. The Wakatipu High School pupil will represent Mr Walker in Parliament as the Youth MP next July, debating topical issues with other Youth MPs from throughout New Zealand. “The cal

Hey there team and apologies for running a tad late with this weeks edition compliments of Little Fire Music Works on Dee St. As it’s been a holiday weekend we’ll have a double dose, a best of British and one from from the land of the brave and the free, both from landmark LP’s First […]