National will deliver a suite of much-needed transport projects that will shorten journey times, improve safety, create jobs and support tourism in the deep south. National’s Southern Transport Package includes a range of projects across Dunedin, Invercargill, Queenstown and the wider Southern regio

Cabinet will meet again on Monday 21st September to decide if gatherings in Auckland can be increased and whether or not the rest of the country can move to alert level 1. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says Cabinet has decided to extend the current alert levels. “On the advice of the director-genera

There is one new community case of Covid-19 reported today, of a girl linked to the Auckland cluster. In a statement, the Ministry of Health said the child had been in isolation since 30 August due to being a household contact of a confirmed case. The case is linked to the Botany sub-cluster which h

The Lumsden Heritage Trust has staged another audacious recovery of a piece of New Zealand railways history. Yesterday a team of contractors rescued an 1883 wooden passenger carriage which had been sitting on a farm at Wairio, in western Southland, since 1952, and transported it 64km to Lumsden, its

Fire and Emergency received a call shortly after 4am to the boat at Fisherman’s Wharf in Deepwater Basin. Brent Dunn from the Fire and Emergency southern communications centre said the Milford Sound Fire Brigade was fighting the fire. “Any crews which would normally respond from Te Anau are unable t

Weird History is taking you back to the year 1985. We are mid-80s, the middle of the decade would be the catalyst for such great movies as Back to the Future and Rambo: First Blood Part II, Mike Tyson’s first professional fight, and the start of such great 80s TV hits like MacGyver. Take a […]

A Spaniard having his first race in New Zealand and a former D1NZ Drift Champion having his first ever motor race won the 3 Hour race at the opening round of the South Island Endurance Series at Teretonga Park in Invercargill on Saturday. Spaniard, Alex Riberas, who found himself stranded in New Zea

There have been two new cases of Covid-19 reported in New Zealand today, both linked to the Mt Roskill Evangelical Fellowship bereavement group. Covid-19 coronavirus particles, illustration.Photo: AFP There was no media conference today. In a statement, the Health Ministry said both of today’s new c