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Today the two men who murdered 19-year-old Jack McAllister outside Stadium Southland last year were both given life prison sentences. Stuff reported that Brayden Whiting-Roff and Christopher Brown were today sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder. Laura Scheepers was sentenced to 12 months’ h

Air New Zealand and the company’s engineers have reached an agreement, lifting the strike notice that that threatened to disrupt travel for 120,000 customers in the lead up to Christmas. Engineers threatened to walk off the job for three days from the 21-24 December unless the two parties reached an

A planned three-day strike just before Christmas by Air New Zealand staff could affect more than 100,000 people, a travel agent says. Here’s what you need to know about the situation. An Air New Zealand plane at Auckland Airport. What is happening? Air New Zealand workers have voted to strike for th

Police can now release the name of the person who died following a crash in Invercargill on Friday night (7 December). The two-car crash occurred at the intersection of Newscastle and Clifton Streets at around 9.10pm. She was Emma Joyce Bagley, 37, of Invercargill. Emma’s husband, a passenger in the

Police are appealing for information following yesterday’s fatal crash in Invercargill. A 37-year-old woman died following the two car crash at the intersection of Newscastle and Clifton Streets at around 9.10pm. The two cars were a green four door Subaru Impreza hatchback and a silver Kia stationwa

UPDATE: Police can now confirm one person has died following a crash in Invercargill. The two vehicle crash happened at the intersection of Newcastle Street and Clifton Street about 9.10pm yesterday. Two people remain in a serious condition at Southland Hospital and Christchurch Hospital. The Seriou

Ali MacKenzie from ILT City of Invercargill Highland Pipe Band’s Pipe Major of the Grade 2, and the full time tutor gives a review of a very successful weekend at major South Island contest in Christchurch. We took all our 5 pipe bands up to Christchurch at the weekend for one of the major contests

State Highway 6 is closed in northern Southland after a crash north of Lumsden late this afternoon. NZ Transport Agency advise the highway is closed between Bixter Rd and Nokomai Rd near Mid Dome due to the crash the road has been reduced to one lane, caution is advised along this route. A police sp