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One person is dead and another is injured following a single vehicle crash on Donald Road, Maitland, near Gore. Police and emergency services were called to attend the crash at 7:59pm. Serious Crash Unit are investigating and the road will be closed while the scene is cleared. ENDS Issued by Police

Following a skydiving incident this morning, two patients are in a stable condition with serious injuries. They are both on the way to Dunedin Hospital. Worksafe NZ and the Civil Aviation Authority are investigating. Skydivers injured in Queenstown incident Emergency services are attending a serious

Police are investigating a spate of thefts from vehicles across the Gore area overnight from Monday to Tuesday 24th January. Approximately 20 vehicles, parked on roads and private properties, were broken into with offenders entering the vehicles by breaking the windows or opening unlocked doors. A l

Police confirm that they were called to a Oteramika Road address in relation to an incident involving the sole occupant of the house.  A risk assessment was completed which resulted in Police deploying the AOS unit. Photo: Dwayne Carey Video Works On attendance, the 40 year-old occupant of the house

The South Island came alive today, when the annual nationwide Summer Concert Tour kicked off in Queenstown with international music artists ICEHOUSE, Alan Parsons Live Project & Bonnie Tyler performing to a 16,000 strong sell-out crowd at the Gibbston Valley Winery Summer Concert. This year’s line-u

Plans for the Invercargill premiere of the movie Pork Pie have been downsized, from a fully fledged red carpet premiere event at the Invercargill Civic theatre to a screening at Readings Cinema. The premiere was originally booked into the Civic Theatre for February 1st. The screening will now take p

Police would like to thank members of the public who have provided information relating to the arson at Sandy Point in the early hours of Monday, 16 January 2017. From the information received, Police have revised the estimated time the arson occurred to being between 2 and 2:30am, not 3:30am as ini

Southern Police are reminding residents to keep their pets safe and to keep Police informed after two concerning reports were made from local residents in the last week. Acting Senior Sergeant Jared Kirk says two men were observed looking into properties in the Strathern area this afternoon, paying