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Police confirm that they were called to a Oteramika Road address in relation to an incident involving the sole occupant of the house.  A risk assessment was completed which resulted in Police deploying the AOS unit. Photo: Dwayne Carey Video Works On attendance, the 40 year-old occupant of the house

The South Island came alive today, when the annual nationwide Summer Concert Tour kicked off in Queenstown with international music artists ICEHOUSE, Alan Parsons Live Project & Bonnie Tyler performing to a 16,000 strong sell-out crowd at the Gibbston Valley Winery Summer Concert. This year’s line-u

Plans for the Invercargill premiere of the movie Pork Pie have been downsized, from a fully fledged red carpet premiere event at the Invercargill Civic theatre to a screening at Readings Cinema. The premiere was originally booked into the Civic Theatre for February 1st. The screening will now take p

Police would like to thank members of the public who have provided information relating to the arson at Sandy Point in the early hours of Monday, 16 January 2017. From the information received, Police have revised the estimated time the arson occurred to being between 2 and 2:30am, not 3:30am as ini

Southern Police are reminding residents to keep their pets safe and to keep Police informed after two concerning reports were made from local residents in the last week. Acting Senior Sergeant Jared Kirk says two men were observed looking into properties in the Strathern area this afternoon, paying

The New Zealand Police tractor has arrived in Invercargill and will be attending local A&P Shows in the Southland Area this January and February. Senior Sergeant Cynthia Fairley says the tractor was popular with the big kids and the little kids when it was here earlier this year for the Southern Fie

Appeal for information after theft and arson of car – UPDATE” Police would like to thank members of the public who have provided information relating to the arson at Sandy Point in the early hours of Monday, 16 January 2017. From the information received, Police have revised the estimated time the a

Three women who spent the night on the Ailsa Mountain Range in the Fiordland National Park have now been rescued. The trio alerted authorities via mountain radio at about 10pm last night when the weather deteriorated in the Emily Pass area. A helicopter was deployed but could not reach the walking p