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Fatal Crash On Riverton-Wallacetown Highway This Morning

News - May 04, 2017

A man has died following a crash on the Riverton-Wallacetown Highway (State Highway 99) this morning. The single vehicle crash was reported to Police at 5.45am. The man was the sole occupant of the vehicle. The Serious Crash Unit will investigate the cause of the crash. Diversions remain in place wh

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Back To School Police Road Safety Message – Thanks To Young Reflections

Community - May 01, 2017

School is back tomorrow and Southland Police are asking drivers to keep an eye on their speed with children returning for the new term. Constable Jason Gordon says their message is simple; please slow down! “We’re reminding people to slow down and stay alert to ensure our young people get to and fro

Two Strike Players In Auckland & Christchurch Celebrate $100,000 Win

News - Apr 30, 2017

Two Strike players from Auckland and Christchurch will popping open the champagne after each winning $100,000 with Strike Four in tonight’s live Lotto draw. The winning Strike tickets were sold at Highway Supermart in Auckland and Northlands Pak N Save in Christchurch. Powerball rolled over this eve

Champion Pacers To Be Celebrated At Ascot Raceway On Sunday

Sport + Motorsport - Apr 29, 2017

Two of Southland’s greatest champion pacers, Cardigan Bay and Robin Dundee will be honoured at the Invercargill Harness Racing Club Diamonds Day meeting at Ascot Park Raceway in Invercargill on Sunday (April 30). Born in Mataura, Cardigan Bay was the world’s first million dollar standardbred. Among

Super Sunday For Southland Netball Fans

Sport + Motorsport - Apr 28, 2017

Southern netball fans will have the chance to see the best players in the country involved in three matches in-a-row during ”Super Sunday” at ILT Stadium Southland in Invercargill this Sunday (April 30). All six ANZ Premiership teams will be in action – a showcase of New Zealand’s best netball talen

News - May 04, 2017 Fatal Crash On Riverton-Wallacetown Highway This Morning

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Business - May 03, 2017 Commerce Commission Gives Thumbs Down To Big Media Merger by Mike Sanford

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News - May 03, 2017 Classic Car Pinched From Mossburn Area – Who Took It, Where Is It? by Malcolm Gayfer

Sport + Motorsport - May 02, 2017 Another Home Game Win For Southern Steel 66-46 Over Mystics by Mike Sanford

Community - May 01, 2017 Back To School Police Road Safety Message – Thanks To Young Reflections by Mike Sanford

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Southland Science Fair Turns 40

News - Aug 13, 2026

Two hundred and fifty student projects. Forty years. And for the first time, the sponsors are competing too. The NZAS Southland Science and Technology Fair opens to the public this Wednesday, marking four decades of the region's biggest student science event. Running August 11 to 14 at a

Southland Bucks National House Price Slump

Property - Aug 11, 2026

Southland is holding up where most of the country isn't. Seven months into 2026, the region has recorded a 3.1% increase in average home values — one of just three regions in positive territory nationally, alongside Canterbury (1.3%) and Otago (2.8%). Invercargill is up 0.1%

Milford Millions to Fund Southland Toilet Upgrades

News - Aug 10, 2026

Southland District Council is spending its $1 million Milford Sound windfall on public toilets. Council agreed at its meeting on Wednesday to direct the money — received from selling its two percent shareholding in Milford Sound Tourism Limited — toward renewing and upgrading public toilets along the main tourist route through Southland

Nightcaps Teacher's Songs Get Animated

News - Aug 10, 2026

A Nightcaps music teacher's songs, written nearly two decades ago and largely sitting in a drawer, are now animated videos watched by children across the country — thanks to a collaboration with SIT's screen arts programme in Invercargill. Nicky Fryer, a teacher aide and music teacher at

Soap Pranks Cost Council $5000 a Year

News - Aug 09, 2026

Someone keeps turning Invercargill's Gala St fountain into a bubble bath — and it's costing ratepayers more than $5000 a year to clean up. The soap suds prank, a recurring nuisance at the city centre fountain, requires staff to neutralise the foam with vinegar around 50 times