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Powerball and Strike have both rolled over tonight, meaning there is a combined prize pool of $6.2 million up for grabs on Saturday. Powerball was not struck this evening and has rolled over to Saturday night, where the jackpot will be $5 million. Lotto First Division will be $1 million and Strike F

Marchers from all over New Zealand have descended on Invers for this year’s National Marching Champs Marching Southland publicity officer Amanda Martin says 38 teams from 9 associations have made the trip south. She says each team consists of 12 to 15 marchers and coaches. Ms Martin says some of the

Mal’s Monday Musical Memory…couldn’t go past this gem. In honour of Footrot Flats creator Murray Ball who passed away over the weekend after battling that dreadful Alzheimer’s disease for several years. I first saw the movie when I was living in Gisborne, where did you first see it? RIP Murray Mal M

Footrot Flats creator Murray Ball has died, aged 78. Ball was born in Feilding. He worked on the Manawatu Times and The Dominion, then as a freelance cartoonist in the United Kingdom. His most successful cartoon strips were the caveman ‘Stanley’ which appeared in Punch and the colonial ruffian ‘Bruc

A Powerball player from Gisborne has just won $6.5 million with Powerball First Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. One other Lotto player also won $500,000 tonight. The winning Lotto ticket was sold at Collingwood Foodcentre in Invercargill.Collingwood Foodcentre on North Road, sold $500,000 Lot

Queenstown Police are investigating after a man entered a hotel room in the town and stole cash. Two women were asleep in their room at the Holiday Inn at around 4.30am today when the man entered the room and woke one of the women. The man then left the room and the woman discovered an […]

Invercargill Police are investigating a suspicious fire at a residential address in Ettrick Street, Invercargill. Emergency services were called to the house at about 8pm on Monday 6 March 2017. The house was unoccupied at the time and no-one was injured. Police would like to hear from anyone who ma

Two local Wyndham men appeared in Invercargill District Court on Tuesday 7 March following an assault over the weekend. The two men, one aged 22 and the other 23, are alleged to have assaulted another man while they were travelling in a Wyndham hotel courtesy van in the early hours of the morning on