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A Lotto player from Auckland will be smiling all the way to the bank after winning $1 million with Lotto First Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. The winning ticket was sold at Rockfield Superette in Auckland. Powerball was not struck this evening and has rolled over to Wednesday night, where th

The Police National Dive Squad will arrive in Queenstown over the weekend to assess conditions, as well as the viability of using sonar equipment to assist with locating and recovering the body. Police can now release the name of the missing skydiver who fell into Lake Wakatipu on Wednesday 10 Janua

Police have arrested a 17-year-old male in connection with a fire in Invercargill in the early hours of 9 January. Police were notified of the building fire around 1am on Tuesday. The building was extensively damaged in the fire, however no one was injured. The 17-year-old has been charged with arso

The NZ Transport Agency is advising people travelling on Dunedin’s Southern motorway to expect detours and some delays while work is done to make the road safer. “There will be detours in place over the next three months while the Safe Roads team widens the road between Dunedin and Mosgiel, lays a n

The Gore District Council will be doing everything in its power to ensure the removal of ouvea premix stored in the former Mataura paper mill, Gore District Mayor Tracy Hicks said today. The resource consent for the storage of 10,000 tonnes of the oxide residue expires today (11 January). Its owner

Today the Police Dive Squad will be investigating the viability of using sonar equipment to assist with the recovery of the skydiver missing at Lake Wakatipu. Given the nature of the incident and the time that has past the ongoing Police activity is focussed on a recovery operation rather than a res

UPDATE #2:  Wed 10th 6:40pm A Police co-ordinated water and air search for a missing male skydiver on Lake Wakatipu was suspended at about 4.40pm. A shoreline search involving LandSAR and the Coastguard will continue until about 6.30pm tonight. Emergency services are looking for the skydiver who was

Gore District Council 3 Waters staff will be closely monitoring water consumption levels for Gore over the next few days as people return home from holiday. Level 3 water restrictions have been in place since mid-December. Continued dry weather and low river levels mean level 4 restrictions are poss