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Queenstown Police are seeking information about a fire at Rat Point late on Tuesday night. The fire service was called to a bush fire on the Queenstown-Glenorchy Road about 11pm. Initial indications have indicated the fire started on the lake edge by Rat Point. This area is accessible by vehicles as

Invercargill Police are investigating an incident on Limestone Plains Road, Thornbury which occurred at around 11pm on Monday 9 January. Detective Sergeant John Kean says the occupants of a house awoke to door-knocking and when they opened their door they was confronted with a person brandishing a f

Lotto players from Rotorua and Porirua will be popping the champagne tonight after each winning $500,000 with Lotto First Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. The winning Lotto tickets were sold at Pak N Save Rotorua in Rotorua and Plimmerton Four Square in Porirua. Powerball was not struck this e

Live video of Earth from space – as seen from the Nasa ISS live stream aboard the International Space Station. The International Space Station – ISS – circles the earth at 240 miles above the planet. The station is crewed by NASA astronauts as well as Russian Cosmonauts and a mixture of Japanese, Ca

Lumsden Police are seeking information regarding the burglary of a dairy farm between Lumsden and Mossburn overnight on January 1. Between approximately 11pm on January 1 and 2am on January 2, property has been removed from vehicles, sheds, and the dairy platform. The property includes electronic go

Following a serious crash between a car and a motorcyclist on Cardrona Valley Road, the motorcyclist has died at the scene. Emergency services were called at approximately 3pm, Friday 6 January 2017. A section of the road will remain closed while the Serious Crash Unit investigate. Diversions are in

The male pedestrian hit by a vehicle on State Highway 8 north of Alexandra has died. Emergency services were called to the scene on State Highway 8, near Airport Rd, about 5.30pm. A St John spokeswoman said an ambulance arrived at the scene after receiving the call. “We assessed the patient, but unf

Police update: Southern District Police have located the 43-year-old South African reported missing earlier today. Southern District Police are trying to locate Elmarie Hall who was reported missing on Monday 2 January 2017. Hall is a 43-year-old South African woman who is visiting New Zealand trave