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This reduces the midpoint of the range from NZ$9.50 to NZ$9.25 per kgMS, however the current advance payment rate of NZ$5.70 per kgMS is unchanged. Fonterra Chief Executive Miles Hurrell says “the change in the 2022/23 forecast Farmgate Milk Price will be disappointing for our farmers but it reflect

Two lucky Lotto players from Timaru and Mataura will be toasting a special win after each winning $500,000 with Lotto First Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. The winning tickets were sold at Park Night N Day in Timaru and Mataura Four Square in Mataura. Powerball was not struck this evening and

A potentially life-saving piece of equipment is set to make the coastal area of Omaui a bit safer in the coming years, and The Y Southland and St John are teaming up to show the public just how to use it. Thanks to the ILT Foundation a defibrillator is being installed in Omaui. Originally intended [

The first of Cycling Southland’s spring classics, the Geo W Wilson and Sons Limited Gore to Waikiwi Classic, took place on Saturday, with Mike White claiming a title which had long escaped him. Having finished on the podium previously, White made the most of his opportunity this time around on a day

Emergency Department wait times are soaring in Southland, with more than one in five people waiting at least six hours for treatment, MP for Southland Joseph Mooney says. “There has also been a marked decline in the proportion of people who go to the Emergency Department being seen within six hours.

Highways South, the Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency highway maintenance contractor in Southland, will be closing part of SH6 for a week from 19 September to replace a major culvert. SH6, the Lumsden-Dipton highway, will be closed between Caroline Valley Road and Josephville-St Patrick’s Road from 19

Nominations for Southland District Council and its nine community boards have poured in the door today, in time for closing at 12 noon. Council deputy electoral officer Robyn Rout said she was really pleased with the final numbers of nominations, after some concerns earlier in the week that there wo

While some councils in New Zealand have been struggling for candidates for this year’s local body elections, the Gore District Council isn’t one of them. At the close of nominations today there were sufficient nominations to require an election for the mayoralty, the Gore ward, District-wide and the