Three Lotto players from Rotorua, Christchurch and Alexandra will also be celebrating tonight after each winning $250,000 with Lotto First Division.  The winning Lotto tickets were sold at Lucky Lotto Shop in Rotorua, Fendalton New World in Christchurch and Paper Plus Alexandra in Alexandra. Meanwhi

I’m looking forward to building on the strong relationship I’ve developed during the past two years with the Chao Shan General Association of New Zealand – a business and cultural group set up to promote tourism, trade and other mutual benefits between the eastern area of Guangdong, the most populou

One hundred people throughout Southland will enjoy a brighter Christmas this year, as Christmas boxes packed full of gifts will be packed at City Impact Church Invercargill today (Saturday 25th) to be delivered to them in early December. The outreach, which has occurred annually at City Impact Churc

Southlanders embraced the Black Friday shopping experience. Electronic payment processor Paymark says Southlanders spent $5.4 million in the huge one day retail extravaganza. That’s up considerably on the same time last year. Feedback from shoppers to whatsoninvers indicated heavy traffic and parkin

Entries are wanted for the 2017 Gingerbread House Competition, which this year includes a special category for replicas of Invercargill buildings. The competition is back for a second year, organised by Invercargill City Council City Centre Co-ordinator Kari Graber. The community event was a great o

A 33-year-old Invercargill man was arrested on firearms-related charges following the execution of a search warrant in the suburb of Newfield this morning. The man was due to appear in the Invercargill District Court yesterday. The search warrant was executed with the assistance of the Armed Offende

On the back of some excellent performances at this week’s Oceania Championships, Cycling New Zealand will send a top-strength team to contest the UCI Track Cycling World Cups in Canada and Chile. The team sprint combination of Ethan Mitchell, Sam Webster and Eddie Dawkins, fresh from their All Comer

The Invercargill Garrison Band Inc is celebrating its formation in 1867 with a 150th Reunion Concert at Centrestage Theatre held on Friday 24 November 2017. Being one of the oldest bands in New Zealand the band has a proud record of community involvement and contest results. There are currently two