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Invercargill Police are investigating an altercation between two people that occurred outside Tillermans Music Lounge on Don Street at approximately 2:15am Saturday 29 July. It resulted in a 42-year-old man sustaining serious head injuries. He is currently in a stable condition at Dunedin Hospital.

Silver Fern Farms has commenced the search for a new Chief Executive following the resignation today of Dean Hamilton, who will leave the company at the end of the year. Chief Executive Succession at Silver Fern Farms Friday 28 July: Silver Fern Farms has commenced the search for a new Chief Executi

Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited today announced an increased forecast Farmgate Milk Price for the upcoming 2018 season, to $6.75 per kilogram of milksolids (kgMS). The Co-operative also announced a forecast earnings per share range of 45 to 55 cents, making the forecast total available payout to

Police need motorists in the wider Invercargill & Southland area to take it slow and be aware there may be ice on the roads this morning. Police are currently at the scene of a crash involving five cars on North Road, Lorneville. It appears the vehicles, including trucks and cars, have hit ice and s

Do you know who’s been ripping out the road signs? Lets catch this fool before a bad accident or someone gets hurt. Takie Police have received reports over the last two weeks or so of road signs deliberately being run over in the Winton/Central Southland area. Some of these signs have included Give

UPDATE: Police respond to incident on Tyne Street, Invercargill Invercargill Police are still responding to an incident at The Haven, Invercargill but cordons have now been taken down. Emergency services were initially called at approximately 2:15pm to a report of a strong chemical smell. As a preca

Southern Police have noticed a significant increase in the number of people advertising items through Facebook, with no intention of supplying the goods to the purchaser. The sellers use an alias, either by giving a false name or an unregistered company to advertise the goods. Often sellers communic

This story came up on RNZ’s Checkpoint programme. Is there something wrong in the telling of this story or is the health system on its knees for this to be allowed to happen? Here it is……. Several Southern DHB patients have had surgeries delayed multiple times because of a bed shortage in the intens