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Two Strike players from Auckland and Christchurch will popping open the champagne after each winning $100,000 with Strike Four in tonight’s live Lotto draw. The winning Strike tickets were sold at Highway Supermart in Auckland and Northlands Pak N Save in Christchurch. Powerball rolled over this eve

The 2017 World Shearing and Woolhandling Championships, held in Invercargill in February, was widely heralded as the best event in the competition’s 40-year history. Independent analysis has backed that up, revealing a $6.78 million to $7.48 million economic impact to the Southland economy. The repo

Invercargill City Council Deputy Mayor, Darren Ludlow, is to step aside from the role and has this morning formally notified Mayor Tim Shadbolt of his intentions. Cr Ludlow met with His Worship the Mayor and Chief Executive Richard King at 8.15am this morning, to advise them of his decision and pres

A 47-year-old man has been charged with murder in connection with the fatal shooting of a woman in Invercargill last night He has also been charged with attempted murder in relation to the second victim. The charges were laid at a court hearing which took place at Southland Hospital in Invercargill

UPDATE: Fatal shooting in Invercargill A woman has died following a shooting incident in Invercargill last night. A second person was also shot during the incident and has been transferred to hospital with serious injuries. Video: from NZ Herald. Video: One News –//– Invercargill Police are respondi

Mal’s Music Memory pt 2 An ANZAC Day Special. I heard this on the wireless this morning and immediately thought this deserves a whirl seeing it’s ANZAC Day and it’s by Southlander Jackie Bristow. The video also tells it like it was on the battlefields and in the trenches in WW!

What’s the mysterious 737 that came in this morning? Wondering if it is related to the intelligence conference in Queenstown?

Here’s a discussion starter for the weekend. It’s reported that the City Council’s planned Chinese Garden will go ahead in Queens Park and won’t be referred back to the new council for consideration. The new garden is said to cost in the region of $600k. Here’s a couple of questions – 1/ Do we have