Southland

Two flights have been turned back from Dunedin Airport after reports of a suspicious package in the area. Police said diversions had been set up in the vicinity of the airport after a report of a suspicious package was made at 8.10pm. Dunedin Airport is currently closed following a report of a suspi

Police are appealing for information following a serious crash near Mossburn yesterday, Sunday 10 March. The crash, between a silver Hyundai Imax van and an orange Holden Trax, occurred at around 2:45pm yesterday on SH 94 about five kilometres west of Mossburn, near Centre Hill. There were six passe

Harness driver Ellie Barron has promised to make a 100 metre dash in costume at the Northern Southland Trotting Club meeting at Ascot Park Raceway in Invercargill on Saturday if $1000 is pledged to the Teal Pants Campaign. You can make your donation to SBS 031355 04511 20 00 50 and use the reference

The Stand Up For SIT campaign continues to be an active voice against the Government’s Reform of Vocational Education proposal, having opened a pop-up shop in Invercargill for the consultation period. Located on the corner of Cambridge Arcade and Esk Street (the former HWCP pop-up shop), the shop wi

The Vantage Elite women’s team pursuit produced a courageous performance to claim the bronze medal on the second day of the UCI Track World Championships in Poland. Three of the pursuit team had succumbed to illness that has affected a number of the squad, but they edged their way into the medal rid

Two lucky Lotto players from Auckland and Invercargill will be on cloud nine after each winning $500,000 with Lotto First Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. The winning tickets were sold on MyLotto to a player from Auckland and at Elles Rd New World in Invercargill. Powerball was not struck this

New Zealand cyclists will be looking to this week’s UCI Track World Championships as an important litmus test on their progress towards next year’s Tokyo Olympics. The 17-strong Vantage Elite team face a five-day competition starting on Wednesday at the BNP Paribas Arena in Pruszkow, Poland. Injurie

Following a whirlwind 72 hours, Southland’s Corbin Strong has landed home from Bundaberg last night and has flown out this morning to join the Cycling New Zealand team bound for the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Poland. New Zealand is taking an 18-strong team to the champs, where they tak