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Gore Police are investigating the aggravated robbery of the Coutts Road dairy. At around 7.30pm tonight three young males entered the store. One was carrying a machete. Following a brief struggle with the shop attendant the trio ran down Lock Street and onto Irving Street. All three had their faces

It will be a Wednesday night to remember for two Lotto players from Wellington and Mosgiel after winning $500,000 each with Lotto First Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. The winning tickets were sold at Petone Paper Plus in Lower Hutt and Mosgiel New World in Mosgiel. Powerball was not struck t

There’s action aplenty in the James Hargest College senior campus canteen. Each week fresh sandwiches, salads, rolls, and wraps are made, pots of soup are cooked up, and sushi is delivered. The food options are all part of the school’s goal of providing healthier food for its staff and students. The

SPCA delegates voted to form one national organisation at the National AGM which was held in June. Not many people realise that the Southland SPCA and the other SPCA Centres around the country have previously been independently governed and financed. This was not sustainable or fit-for- purpose. The

With the site on the corner of Nith and Tyne Streets now cleared construction has begun of the purpose built 1500m2, 8m-high state-of-the-art building  that will house the new Trampoline Park. The trampoline park – will be run and managed by local business partners John and Robyn Smart. Co Owner Rob

Southland Fish and Game Field Officer Cohen Stewart outlines the trout fishing prospects for the 2017/18 season. In Southland, trout fishing options abound and the season ahead is shaping up to be a good one. Anglers will have noticed that river flows were uncharacteristically stable over winter wit

Mal’s Music Memory – Special Edition. Tom Petty Tuesday Talk about a bolt from the blue. Tom Petty struck down and at time of writing not expected to survive. The singer, song writer, guitar playing story teller was found unconscious at his Malibu home and rushed to hospital. It’s widely reported th

Entries for the Yunca Junior Tour of Southland have had a resurgence this year with more than 100 riders racing across the under 13 to under 19 age groups this weekend. The increase in numbers is a sign of the growing popularity in road cycling in the south – particularly among the juniors, accordin