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EXCLUSIVE: Daily newspaper The Southland Times re launches as a tabloid print size (same as the Invercargill Eye or Southland Express) Monday – Friday from 30 April going by the demo copy that advertisers have been given. Why its taken Fairfax so long to resize the paper who knows, but its great doe

It will a midweek celebration for a lucky Lotto player from Auckland after winning $1 million with Lotto First Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. The winning ticket was sold at Countdown Mt Roskill in Auckland. Powerball was not struck this evening and has rolled over to Saturday night, where th

Interview with Southland Cricket Association general manager Jason Domigan, who is also a player in the Southland team, talks to Logan Savory about their historic Hawke Cup victory. Local cricket champions arrived home on Monday with the long sought after Hawke Cup after the Southland Cricket teams

Breaking news: Three fire truck appliances were were dispatched to James Hargest Senior College on Layard Street in Invercargill. The school’s fire alarm was activated at 3.20pm today, the same time as the school day usually ends. The school was evacuated and police were directing traffic outside th

Invercargill Police are urging bike owners to secure their bikes after a spate of bike thefts in the city during the week of 28 February – 6 March 2018. During that week, 25 bicycles were either taken or unlawfully interfered with in Invercargill city. The bikes range from specialised mountain bikes

Road works are currently under way on Ferry Road/Edendale Wyndham Road. Contractors have begun work on a pavement rehabilitation and some widening of the existing road. About 2.1 kilometres of road will be rehabilitated during the project, which involves some drainage works, pavement reconstruction

Solo occupant has been airlifted to Dunedin Hospital in a critical condition after crashing her car into a tree and paddock in Benmore, Southland, on the Dipton-Winton Highway, north of Invercargill. Police and St John ambulance crews  Dipton-Winton Highway shortly after 11am today. One car had care

Invercargill Police would like to speak with witnesses to a serious assault that took place when a 21-year-old male was knocked unconscious after an altercation with a group of four males on the corner of Esk & Kelvin Streets, Invercargill, at approximately 2:05am Sunday morning. As the victim lay u