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Footrot Flats creator Murray Ball has died, aged 78. Ball was born in Feilding. He worked on the Manawatu Times and The Dominion, then as a freelance cartoonist in the United Kingdom. His most successful cartoon strips were the caveman ‘Stanley’ which appeared in Punch and the colonial ruffian ‘Bruc

A Powerball player from Gisborne has just won $6.5 million with Powerball First Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. One other Lotto player also won $500,000 tonight. The winning Lotto ticket was sold at Collingwood Foodcentre in Invercargill.Collingwood Foodcentre on North Road, sold $500,000 Lot

Queenstown Police are investigating after a man entered a hotel room in the town and stole cash. Two women were asleep in their room at the Holiday Inn at around 4.30am today when the man entered the room and woke one of the women. The man then left the room and the woman discovered an […]

Invercargill Police are investigating a suspicious fire at a residential address in Ettrick Street, Invercargill. Emergency services were called to the house at about 8pm on Monday 6 March 2017. The house was unoccupied at the time and no-one was injured. Police would like to hear from anyone who ma

Two local Wyndham men appeared in Invercargill District Court on Tuesday 7 March following an assault over the weekend. The two men, one aged 22 and the other 23, are alleged to have assaulted another man while they were travelling in a Wyndham hotel courtesy van in the early hours of the morning on

What we know: Armed Offenders Squad call (AOS) are at an address on Aicken Rd Armed police have erected cordons around a house in Otatara Cordons were in place and traffic has been stopped in the area. A police dog handler was also at the scene, she said. Updated: A man has been taken into […]

Queenstown Police are concerned about a recent increase in instances of dangerous driving on the roads across the region. Police have found evidence of vehicles completing “burnouts” or driving manoeuvres involving a sustained loss of traction. “These drivers are putting other road users’ lives at r

Health Minister Jonathan Coleman says under this Government the people of Southern DHB are getting more of the health services they need. “We’re focused on delivering results, ensuring New Zealanders can access more services. In health, our results speak for themselves,” says Dr Coleman. In Southern