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Shaken but not stirred, the Ascot Hotel Park Southern Steel have pulled off an inspirational and emotional 51-46 victory over the Silvermoon Tactix in Christchurch Wednesday night. Although the Steel, unbeaten this season, had already secured hosting rights for the ANZ Premiership Grand Final, the S

Firefighters are still tackling the blaze at Grenfell Tower in north Kensington, where eyewitnesses reported seeing people trapped inside. Thirty people are being treated in hospital, says London Ambulance. The BBC’s Andy Moore said the whole 24-storey block had been alight and there were fears the

Huge win for the South Invercargill community – the Department of Internal Affairs has agreed to contribute a Lottery Community Facilities grant of almost a quarter of a million dollars to support the build of South Alive’s ‘Pod’ – our community centre project! What a fantastic show of support for o

An ambitious project by Rotary and the Invercargill City Council to restore the beauty of the New River Estuary by planting 22 hectares is now complete. The end of the project falls in Rotary’s centennial year and will be marked with the creation of shelters at the top of the hill. Members of the pu

A strong police presence in Queenstown suburb Kelvin Heights after a person was killed in a car explosion in a Jardine park Tuesday evening. What we know: Emergency services received calls regarding a car explosion in Jardine Park around 9pm. Fire Service confirm receiving a number of calls about th

HEAVY RAIN FOR FIORDLAND AND WESTLAND HAS EASED. SEVERE SOUTHWEST GALES FOR COASTAL SOUTHLAND, CLUTHA, DUNEDIN, BANKS PENINSULA, THE PORT HILLS OF CHRISTCHURCH AND NELSON WEST OF RIWAKA. A front over the upper South Island moves northeastwards and weakens. A second front moving up the South Island t

Congratulations to Natasha King from Fred & Gingers Invercargill – 2017 Hair Expo People’s Choice! at the annual Hair Expo Australia awards in Sydney. Hair Expo brings together industry professionals from Australia, New Zealand and globally for the largest trade event created for the hairdressing co

WW2 reached Gore’s Main Street with tragic reality 75 years ago, on Thursday 11 June 1942? The local Emergency Precautions Service (similar to todays Civil Defence) organized an evacuation exercise for the businesses and schools of the town. Censorship was in place and only the facts were reported i