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Police  Update – Fatal crash near Gore Diversions remain in place at Otaraia near Gore following a fatal crash this afternoon between a campervan and a car. One person has died, and a helicopter has transported one person to Dunedin Hospital – their injuries are not thought to be life-threatening. A

There’s a thief prowling the area. Socks, caps, gloves, singlets, pj pieces and undies.  Calvin Klein, Polo Ralph Lauren, Converse – adults and children’s garments missing? The thief is leaving a trail of these items scattered around the gardens, under decks and bushes, hanging on fences and to the

Budget 2017 is investing $59.2 million over four years to ensure all road ambulance call outs are double crewed, says Invercargill MP Sarah Dowie. “This is great news for New Zealand, and especially great news for Southland. Double crewing all road ambulance call outs will help ensure patients are p

A young man from Central Otago is in hospital following an on farm accident yesterday. Senior Constable Darren Cox from Omakau Police says emergency services were called to a farm near Omakau after the local man became trapped in a hay bailer. Darren Cox says he was cut free by Fire staff and flown

Construction has started on Invercargill’s new $600,000 Chinese Gardens deep within Queens Park.  Being built beside the indoor Winter Gardens, they are also near our existing Japanese Gardens for sister city Kumagaya. Check out the view from our What’s On Invers eye in the sky! Invercargill City Co

We all know that Southland covers a vast land area and the weather can be at best unpredictable. So here’s a good story about how farmers can get precise weather info for their farming operations. Any Southland farmers signing up to get one of these weather gizmo’s ? Fonterra farmers will come toget

Katrina Thomas from western Southland has won the Dairy Women’s Network’s Dairy Community Leadership Award. The award was presented at the Dairy Women’s Network’s annual conference held in Queenstown. Awarded to an unsung heroes of rural communities it recognises the voluntary role dairy farming wom

Traffic lights at the intersection of Elles Road and Martin and Janet Streets will be turned off from 8am to 5pm on Sunday (14 May 2017) while the traffic light pole tops are replaced. A traffic diversion will allow traffic on Elles Road to travel straight through and turn left into either Janet Str