Statement from the family of Hunter MacIntosh: Our son, Hunter Arthur MacIntosh, was nine years old when he tragically died in his bedroom on 30 October last year. Today is about Hunter. As you have heard in Court he was very much loved by so many and this tragedy has been overwhelming and devastati
An Ōtautau teenager will spend at least 11 years behind bars for the murder of a nine-year-old boy Hunter MacIntosh. The offender can now be revealed as Daniel Cameron. The 16-year-old lost name suppression at today’s sentencing in the High Court in Invercargill. Cameron, then 15, strangled and stab
A radio voice from the past is returning. Former general manager of The Radio Network of stations in Southland, Lee Piper is returning as host of the new The Country Sports Breakfast show. Piper’s show will be heard on the AM frequencies vacated by the sudden shutdown of Radio Sport at the end of Ma
Repairs will soon be under way to fix substantial damage to the Around the Mountains Cycle Trail caused by Southland’s February floods. ATMCT manager Susan Mackenzie said a funding injection of $379,793 plus GST approved in May by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) would have
Police were alerted to a tractor crash on a Eastern Southland farm just after 11am today in the Glenham area. Tragically a man died as a result of the crash. Police’s Serious Crash Unit attended and Worksafe NZ has been notified. Another person with moderate injuries was taken to Southland hospital
Transmission pricing changes are likely to have little effect on Southlanders’ power bills, with some forecast to pay slightly more and some slightly less from 2023, PowerNet chief executive Jason Franklin says. The Electricity Authority yesterday (Wednesday June 10) announced new guidelines for tra
People like Adrian Cocker are the heartbeat of Southland Football. Cocker was a hockey player, a code in which he played one game for Southland, and while he only ever played a few games of social football, he has been involved as a volunteer since the late 1990s. Starting as an interested spectator
Police are appealing for any information of the whereabouts of a 1998 Harley-Davidson 98 Sportster Custom 120 motorcycle, registration number A4SAG. Anyone who can assist Police on the whereabouts of the motorcycle is urged to come forward. The case relates to the death of Russel Blackford who died
