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Police are investigating an assault which occurred early morning on Sunday December 11th 2016 in central Invercargill. At approximately 2:15am a woman was assaulted by a male on the corner of Yarrow and Dee Streets. Police want to hear from anyone who may have seen the assault, which has continued a

Powerball’s winning streak continues tonight with a player from Auckland winning $10 million with Powerball First Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. The winning ticket was sold on MyLotto to a player in Auckland and is made up of $10 million from Powerball First Division and $166,667 from Lotto

Police Update:  Police can confirm a 19-year-old man has died after getting in to difficulties while swimming in Kawarau River this afternoon. Earlier reports that the man was recovered from Lake Dunstan were incorrect. A second person who also got into difficulty made it to shore safely. Emergency

Police are appealing for sightings of a stolen vehicle which failed to stop for Police in Invercargill last night. The vehicle, a green 1989 Ford Telstar hatchback, registration number OK 934, was reported stolen from a residential Invercargill property on the evening of 7 December. Police are looki

Police are in attendance at a fatal crash on Milton Highway in Clutha that occurred at approximately 9:20am with SH1 down to one lane, just north of Patterson Road. One person has died and another has been airlifted to hospital with critical injuries,  Senior Sergeant Craig Brown said. The Serious C

No shortage of big words here but also some very important words as the world around us changes at an alarming speed. This will be well worth investing a wee bit of time with. What do nanotechnology, bioinformatics, artificial intelligence and robotics have in common, and, more importantly, how do t

Could this sort of technology be a goer for Southland??….the Waituna Lagoon springs to mind. Latest technology adopted by Fonterra and the Department of Conservation’s (DOC) partnership Living Water, is proving a success in cleaning up water ways. Developed by Massey University, the floating treatme

A memorandum of understanding between Southland stakeholders and Air New Zealand to work on initiatives to increase the region’s potential as a destination will be signed in Invercargill today (November 30). The parties will sign the MOU at Invercargill’s newest visitor attraction Classic Motorcycle