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Rower Genevieve Behrent was named the ILT Senior Sportsperson of the Year during the ILT Southland Sports Awards held tonight (June 9) in front of a capacity “Sold Out” crowd, at the Ascot Park Hotel in Invercargill. Behrent and Rebecca Scown were the first athletes in New Zealand Rowing history to

Police issue a correction due their error with ages as previously reported. A 20 year old man has been charged with murder following the death of a 19 year old man in Invercargill this morning. This story has variously claimed the attacker was 30, or 20 as police press releases have changed.  It has

Dog Island’s rich history and distinctive environment will be preserved for years to come, thanks to the vision of a special partnership committed to the island’s future. The restoration and ongoing conservation of the remote Dog Island was marked by the agreement of an ecological plan this week bet

Southern Police are attending a crash on State Highway One, near the intersection of the Lorne-Dacre Rd involving three cars and moderately injuring two people. Two other people were involved but are uninjured. Emergency services were called to the scene, between Invercargill and Gore, at 1:48pm thi

We can’t control the weather but we can adjust our own driving to deal with it. Southlanders shouldn’t be caught out by the weather – we know it gets wet, cold and windy on occasion, all year round, says Senior Constable Kelvin Templeton, Riverton Police Station. There is ample signage on the roads,

The Riversdale and Balfour communities debated, danced, Mexican Waved, shouted and roared support for their teams in an epic War on the Waimea stage clash last Saturday night in the Riversdale Hall, netting the community an estimated $80,000. War on the Waimea was always going to be fierce between r

Dairy farmer Isaac Cook from Bulls/Rangitikei has set a world record benchmark by milking more than 5000 cows in 12 continuous hours. Fit4Farming programme was in place which encouraged the farmer to keep fit, train, and eat nutritiously.

A positive few months has seen Classic Motorcycle Mecca welcome over 10,000 visitors through its doors since opening in late November 2016. Transport World Director Joc O’Donnell says “It’s going well, the Burt Munro Challenge was a huge week for us. Since then on average we receive around 450 – 750