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There has been an increase in the number of daytime burglaries in Invercargill, particularly in the Georgetown and Richmond areas. On 3 June 2016 a witness has seen a suspicious male up the drive way of a residence in Georgetown,Invercargill prior to a  burglary  occurring. This male is described as

Police are appealing for information after a man was seen acting suspiciously near Woodlands Primary School in Southland. On Wednesday, 8 June 2016, a man was seen running from a bus stop, where a female student had been waiting for a bus, to a nearby silver car. The girl told police she’d seen the

Traffic lights at the intersection of Kelvin and Esk Streets will be turned off from 9am to 1pm tomorrow while the traffic light controller is replaced. Graphic: supplied ICC A traffic diversion will be in place allowing traffic on Kelvin Street to travel straight through. Esk Street traffic will on

Phil Kingsley Jones will be the guest speaker at this year’s ILT Southland Sports Awards, being held at the Ascot Park Hotel on June 17. Perhaps best known in New Zealand as the manager of the late Jonah Lomu, Kingsley Jones is also widely renowned as an entertainer, sportsman, coach, motivator and

Hi all and welcome into June, the half way point of the year. Here’s hoping that we are all refreshed and reinvigorated after the holiday weekend to start the second half of the year. And lets not forget that the coldest months lie ahead. Having said that the shortest day is fast approaching. The bi

Check out the video of seal pups swimming, sent in by Emma McDonald. Two seal pups racing eachother along the water. This is pretty super amazing to watch.

Video of the stranded 4WD leaving the snow. Updated: Good news. Reports out today say all the vehicles that were stranded on the Old Man Range after a blizzard a couple of week ago have been rescued. A local bulldozing contractor cleared a path along the track so all the vehicles could be brought do

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