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Update: The man on the run from Invercargill police has been arrested after an extensive search using dogs and a helicopter. Police are searching on foot with police dogs for a man in the Phillip Street area. and have a helicopter in the air searching too. The wanted man in failed to stop for police

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UPDATE: 4PM This crash is now CLEAR and the stop/go has been LIFTED. SH 1 Gore to Waipahi is under stop/go traffic management between Landslip Road and Pukerau Township. Road users are advised to stop on request and expect minor delays. There were no serious injuries reported.

UpSH1 Into Invercargill from Mill Road is closed due to a car crash. Between the intersections of Rockdale Road and Mill Road South. Gerard Campbell from St John Said their were three patients requiring various attention from ambulance staff and all patients were being taken to Kew, Southland hospit

Police and Ambulance were called to a rural property in the western districts area of Southland this morning, after a 46-year-old man suffered a shotgun wound to his leg while duck shooting. The man’s injury is not life-threatening and he has been transported to Invercargill Hospital by helicopter.

At the intersection with Lady Barkly Road. The road is down to one lane under stop/go control with a temporary speed restriction of 30 km/h in place. Road users are advised to take extra care.

The New Zealand Order of Merit DNZM To be Dames Companion of the said Order: Ms Catherine Alice Healy, of Lower Hutt. For services to the rights of sex workers. The Honourable Luamanuvao Winifred Alexandra Laban, QSO, of Lower Hutt. For services to education and the Pacific community. Emeritus Profe

A contract has been awarded to build a bypass to take State Highway 1 (SH1) to the north-west side of Edendale, in Southland. Work is expected to start in coming weeks. “Fulton Hogan has been awarded the $13 million construction contract and will get underway with site preparation works in June. Thi