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Gore sheep farmer Logan Wallace has joined the race to be crowned the 50th FMG Young Farmer of the Year. The 28-year-old has been named the Otago/Southland FMG Young Farmer of the Year for a second time. He reclaimed the title after taking out thehotly-contested Otago/Southland Regional Final in Win

Two Lotto players from Mount Maunganui and Alexandra will be popping the champagne after each winning $500,000 with Lotto First Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. The winning tickets were sold at Bayfair Lotto in Mount Maunganui and Alexandra New World in Alexandra. Powerball was not struck this

Police are appealing for information following an aggravated burglary in the Southland town of Waikaia last night. About 9.15pm a man armed with a knife entered a Blaydon Street property. He struggled with a woman living at the address and demanded access to a gun safe. He is described as about 30-y

Invercargill Police investigating the aggravated robbery of Pomona Street Discounter Dairy last night are appealing for information. At around 9:30pm two men entered the store armed with a claw hammer and a knife. One man was wearing a blue hoody with white writing, grey track pants with two blue st

Air New Zealand is continuing to work with engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce on a global issue involving some of the Trent 1000 engines that power its Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner fleet. European regulator EASA issued a directive requiring operators of a type of Trent 1000 engine known as ‘Package C’ to ca

Northerly gales over the lower South Island on Sunday. A front will move onto the South Island from the Tasman Sea, bringing heavy rain to parts of Fiordland and Westland, and a Heavy Rain Warning is now in force. This front is also forecast to bring northerly gales to the lower South Island, with F

Being prepared and equipped has helped a missing man avoid a cold night in the forest after a search and rescue operation near Gore last night. At 4pm on Wednesday 11 April, Southland Police were notified of a 68–year-old Invercargill man missing in the Hokonui Forest near Gore. A search and rescue

For the first time in more than 150 years, a New Zealand sea lion/rāpoka breeding colony has established on mainland New Zealand, at Stewart Island. The annual pup count in Stewart Island has revealed 55 new-born pups this season, and now that the numbers have been consistent for several years, it c