Southland

State Highway 96 is closed near Waitane after a truck crash this morning. The road is shut between the Te Tipua School Road and Brydone-Glencoe Road intersections in Southland. No timeframe for reopening has been given. A detour is in place. Westbound traffic should take SH96, turn left onto Te

Hawthorndale Care Village has appointed a clinical leader with more than two decades of aged care experience to its board, as the Invercargill facility moves into what it describes as its next stage of development. Jill Smith joins as a trustee, bringing a background spanning aged residential care, hospice, community

If you've taken part in a Southland Triathlon and Multisport Club event over the past 17 years, you've likely crossed paths with Mary Marshall - one of the club's unsung heroes, who has spent years quietly helping hundreds of athletes enjoy race day. In

ACT wants to strip the Department of Conservation of its authority over game animals and hand it to the Game Animal Council — with full funding to match. The party announced the policy at the Hunting & Wildlife Expo this weekend, pitching it as long-overdue recognition for hunters who have spent

Two Auckland Powerball players split $40.2 million between them in Saturday night's draw — each walking away with $20.1 million. The winning tickets for draw 2606 were sold at Blockhouse Bay Postshop & Stationers in Auckland and online through MyLotto to another Auckland player. Each prize is

Two Southland drivers were caught over the alcohol limit this morning — not from drinking and driving, but from drinking the night before and assuming they were fine by morning. Both were pulled over in routine traffic stops for speeding. Both blew over the legal limit on evidential breath testing. One

The SBS Bank Southland Stags have named their side for a second pre-season hit-out against Counties Manukau in Auckland this Friday. Kick-off at Manurewa Rugby Football Club is 11.30am on Friday July 24, with Sean Withy leading the side as captain. The starting fifteen has Jack Barrett, Jack Taylor,

Mercury NZ has bought a stake in the company planning to build New Zealand's largest data centre — right here in Southland. The energy company has invested US$30 million (NZ$53 million) for a 12.7% minority share in Datagrid Holding Group NZ Ltd, which is developing a