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Police can now name the man who died following a single vehicle crash on the Riverton-Wallacetown Highway (State Highway 99) yesterday. Steven Brent Harris, 65, of Tuatapere, was the sole occupant of the vehicle when it crashed at 5.45am on Wednesday, 3 May 2017. The Serious Crash Unit’s investigati

With three sleeps until Duck Hunting season begins – whatsoninvers spoke to keen hunter and duck-call maker Scott Anderson, of Invercargill today (May 3), about opening season this weekend (May 6-7). Mr Anderson, general manager at Top Gear Audio, said he looked forward to Duck Hunting season each y

Dairy product prices advanced at the Global Dairy Trade auction, increasing for the fourth consecutive time amid strong demand. The GDT price index climbed 3.6 percent from the previous auction two weeks ago to US$3,166. Some 22,633 tonnes of product was sold, down from 22,927 tonnes at the previous

A man has died following a crash on the Riverton-Wallacetown Highway (State Highway 99) this morning. The single vehicle crash was reported to Police at 5.45am. The man was the sole occupant of the vehicle. The Serious Crash Unit will investigate the cause of the crash. Diversions remain in place wh

Police seeking information on stolen Ford Falcon Police are asking for the assistance of the public to locate a classic Ford Falcon that was stolen from a farm shed in Mossburn, Southland. The vehicle was taken sometime between 3pm on 8 April 2017 and 6pm on 1 May 2017. It is described as being a […

Two Strike players from Auckland and Christchurch will popping open the champagne after each winning $100,000 with Strike Four in tonight’s live Lotto draw. The winning Strike tickets were sold at Highway Supermart in Auckland and Northlands Pak N Save in Christchurch. Powerball rolled over this eve

The 2017 World Shearing and Woolhandling Championships, held in Invercargill in February, was widely heralded as the best event in the competition’s 40-year history. Independent analysis has backed that up, revealing a $6.78 million to $7.48 million economic impact to the Southland economy. The repo

Invercargill City Council Deputy Mayor, Darren Ludlow, is to step aside from the role and has this morning formally notified Mayor Tim Shadbolt of his intentions. Cr Ludlow met with His Worship the Mayor and Chief Executive Richard King at 8.15am this morning, to advise them of his decision and pres