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A car rolled near Gore on Thursday evening two people are seriously injured. What we know: A man and a woman were injured, one seriously and the other critical Two ambulances were sent to the scene at Diamond Peak Road Both people were flown by helicopter to Dunedin Hospital Police were also at the

Police are appealing for witnesses, after two males have entered the Sunbeam Milk Bar, Coutts Road in Gore tonight at around 7.20pm and demanded money and cigarettes. They were unsuccessful in their attempt to rob the milk bar and ran off from the store. No one was injured. They were last seen  runn

National MP Todd Barclay has today announced he will not stand as the candidate for Clutha-Southland in the 2017 election, and will leave Parliament at the end of this term. “I got into politics because I was inspired by the people I worked for, Bill English, Gerry Brownlee and Hekia Parata.  I want

It could happen we have to be prepared. Thats the  message from Invercargill Airport general manager Nigel Finnerty as final preparations are made for today’s air crash simulation exercise. Before the whatsoninvers crew headed out onto the tarmac to see first hand how an actual air crash scenario wo

Members of the public are asked to stay away from Invercargill Airport between 1-4pm this afternoon, while emergency services conduct an emergency response exercise. Airport spokesman Glenn Knipe said the exercise would involve the use of live fire-training scenarios within the confines of the airfi

Remember the hit TV show Gliding On? Memory’s of working for an old style Government department in Invers will be rekindled with much enthusiasm in November . Organisation of  gathering of former staff of Inland Revenue is rapidly gathering pace. Organiser and former IRD staffer Tracy Kilkelly says

UPDATE: 7pm Moray Place, Dunedin cordons stood down. The suspicious package at Moray Place, Dunedin has been rendered safe and there was found to be no threat. All cordons have been stood down. Inspector Jason Guthrie, Area Commander Otago Coastal said Police were notified of a suspicious package ne

A commitment to Invercargill’s city centre was high on the priority list for finding a suitable location for Mr Rental. After more than 15 years at its former Yarrow St location, Mr Rental recently moved to bigger, brighter and better premises at 10 Don St – the former Storage Box shop in Invercargi