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Emergency services were called to the scene of a car vs van crash on Dipton-Winton Highway near Limehills at 9.35am on Friday morning. A police spokeswoman said two people were involved in the crash but there were no injuries. The road was blocked on one side with just one lane open, she said. A fir

Police investigating the spate of burglaries in the rural areas outside Invercargill over the Christmas and New Year period have arrested two men aged 37 and 24 years. Detective Sergeant Grant Johnstone, Invercargill CIB said Both men have appeared in the Invercargill District Court and have been re

A rescue helicopter is flying 400 km to the Auckland Islands on an urgent mission to medevac a woman injured by a sea lion pup. The woman had been assisting research work on Enderby Island swabbing sea lion pups’ mouths when she cut her finger about nine days ago. The Rescue Coordination Centre New

Appeal for witnesses to Edendale fatal crash Police are keen to speak with anyone who may information which can help in their investigation into a fatal crash on SH1 between Moore and St Ronan’s Roads, Edendale early this morning. A truck carrying approximately 30 bobby calves left the road and roll

Queenstown Police are seeking information about a fire at Rat Point late on Tuesday night. The fire service was called to a bush fire on the Queenstown-Glenorchy Road about 11pm. Initial indications have indicated the fire started on the lake edge by Rat Point. This area is accessible by vehicles as

Invercargill Police are investigating an incident on Limestone Plains Road, Thornbury which occurred at around 11pm on Monday 9 January. Detective Sergeant John Kean says the occupants of a house awoke to door-knocking and when they opened their door they was confronted with a person brandishing a f

Lotto players from Rotorua and Porirua will be popping the champagne tonight after each winning $500,000 with Lotto First Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. The winning Lotto tickets were sold at Pak N Save Rotorua in Rotorua and Plimmerton Four Square in Porirua. Powerball was not struck this e

Live video of Earth from space – as seen from the Nasa ISS live stream aboard the International Space Station. The International Space Station – ISS – circles the earth at 240 miles above the planet. The station is crewed by NASA astronauts as well as Russian Cosmonauts and a mixture of Japanese, Ca