Fire and Emergency New Zealand is holding an Open Home at the scene of a house fire in 3 Lyon Street, Invercargill. Senior Firefighter Bradley May says that the Open home on Sunday 28 th June from 11am till 3pm is a good opportunity for the public to see the devastating impact of a house […]

Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited (FCG) has announced that current Farmer Director, Peter McBride has been selected as the Co-operative’s Chairman-elect by his fellow Directors. Under Fonterra’s constitution, its Chairman is selected by the Board from within its pool of seven elected Farmer Direct

Consistency is a key theme in the Dunedin flat of twin Heffernan sisters Kate and Georgia as they take aim at the rebooted ANZ Premiership. The duo is part of a new-look Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel team and with a double-header looming at the Auckland Netball Centre this weekend – taking on the

The Otago Nuggets are the early pacesetters in the Sal’s NBL Showdown, presented by SKYCITY, thanks to a second win inside 24 hours, defeating the Nelson Giants 107-82 to back up their win over the Jets last night. While the Giants showed glimpses of what they will bring to the Sal’s NBL once the ro

Police have arrested five people following the termination of two operations in Central Otago and Queenstown. On 24 June three search warrants were executed in Alexandra targeting the supply of MDMA and cannabis. The three addresses were linked to the long-term supply of illicit drugs in the communi

There is one new case of Covid-19 in New Zealand in managed isolation at an Auckland hotel. There are 14 active cases of the novel coronavirus and a total of 1170 cases. All of the active cases are in quarantine and there are no cases in the community. The new case is a man in […]

Police are still asking witnesses to a serious crash on Wednesday 17 June to come forward. Emergency services were called to the intersection of Morton and Centre Streets, Invercargill, about 4pm following the two-car crash. An 86-year-old woman was transported to hospital, however sadly she later d

Australia and New Zealand have won the right to host the 2023 Women’s World Cup football tournament by a comfortable margin after a vote by the FIFA Council. Their joint proposal beat a rival bid from Colombia to host the tournament which is being expanded to 32 teams. Japan, who had also put forwar