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Southland Police are appealing for information after an incident in Grasmere on Monday night. At approximately 10.30pm, on 18 July 2016, a resident in the Grasmere area was disturbed by someone trying to remove an item from their car.   The suspect is described as male, approximately 5ft 5in-6ft tal

A Police Search and Rescue team has located the hunter who has been missing in the Blue Mountains, near Balclutha, since Saturday. The team are currently working to get him out of the bush. His medical condition isn’t fully known at this stage but he is mobile.

Hi De Hi Campers  (there could be a theme for a TV show there??!!) How has winter been treating you? Yes its cold grey and a tad dreary but that’s winter. Just thinking over the weekend that we’ve got off reasonably lightly so far this winter. So far….. We haven’t had the deep dark weather […]

New Zealand’s Southern-most craft brewery will be putting the bubbles into Radio Hauraki’s birthday celebrations – having been chosen to partner the iconic station in its 50th anniversary brew. Head Brewer Steve Nally said he was rapt to get the call. “Actually, all our brewers are Hauraki listeners

The pachyderm, created by noted corrugated iron artist Jeff Thomson, has stood above the cafe for 23 years. Last month he was carefully removed so Mr Clark could drive him on a 3300km round trip to his creator’s studio at Helensville, near Auckland, for ‘‘nip and tuck surgery’’ before returning him

It’s time to get the war paint on.   The Southern Steel netballers have launched a new ‘‘tribal’’ facepaint design in the team’s colours of blue and pink and are encouraging fans to adopt it ahead of this Sunday’s New Zealand conference finals at home.   Steel takes on the Waikato/BOP Magic at ILT S

Southland Boys High School pupil Allan Walter has received $5000 worth of scholarships from Massey University after winning an entrepreneurial challenge this month.   He was part of a winning group at the Young Enterprise Scheme 2016 Enterprise in Action (EIA) event at Massey University.   Photo: wh

New Zealand television/radio personality and former comedian Mike King sat down with Southland Express reporter PETRINA WRIGHT while he was in Invercargill last week to talk about his work raising awareness about mental illness.   ‘Depression and suicide prevention are so dark and so horrible…   som