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At about 7pm last Saturday night, Police received a mobile phone call from a missing tramper saying she was lost in low cloud in the Borland Saddle area, about a 60km drive from Manapouri, Southland. Sergeant Dougall Henderson of Invercargill Police Search and Rescue (SAR) says “The tramper, a touri

Police are asking for the public’s help after an alleged firearms incident on Friday 6 January between Kaitangata and Milton. About 11.15pm, a man driving a Ford Falcon on Lakeside Road noticed another vehicle, reported to be a utility vehicle, with high beams on travelling closely behind him. The m

Invercargill Police will proceed with a homicide investigation after a woman, who was seriously assaulted earlier this month, died overnight in Christchurch Hospital. Police were called to an address in Mavora Crescent on 10 December after a report of an assault and the victim was located with criti

Police can confirm a man has died following a single-vehicle road crash in Southland. Three people were taken to Southland Hospital after the crash on the Edendale-Woodlands Highway at 7.20pm on Monday. One man died this morning. Our thoughts and sympathy are with the man’s friends and family at thi

Update: Highway now open. Horse truck roll-over, SH1 Waikouaiti Road- Waitati Road near Dunedin” Police and emergency services are in attendance at a single vehicle roll-over on SH1 between Wilson and Stead Roads. A horse truck has rolled over on Waikouaiti Road-Waitati Road, near Evansdale at about

Update: Highway now open. Police are in attendance at a serious crash on Edendale Woodlands Highway/ SH1. Two people are being transported to hospital via Helicopter, one in critical condition. Traffic is being diverted via St Ronan’s Road, not suitable for heavy traffic. Police advise to avoid the

Police have arrested four additional people in relation to a firearms incident on Earn Street, Invercargill on Saturday 17 December. After the initial arrest of a 23-year-old man on Tuesday, Police executed a number of search warrants across Invercargill, making four further arrests. The men, aged b

Police have arrested a 23-year-old man in relation to a firearms incident on Earn Street, Invercargill on Saturday. The man has been charged with wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, unlawfully possessing a firearm and unlawful possession of ammunition. He will appear in the Invercarg