Police can now confirm the identity of the person found in a partially-submerged vehicle in the Kawarau River yesterday afternoon, following a crash that was discovered on Tuesday evening. He was 59-year-old John Robert Howard, of Queenstown. Further inquiries are underway as to the circumstances of

The curtain is coming down on an illustrious role our ambassador for the arts has played. Great South Creative Arts manager Ange Newell is moving away from a role that had small beginnings 20 years ago. Ange Newell says after 20 years it’s time to look for a change and new challenges. Ms Newell said

The All of Government COVID-19 National Response will provide an update at 1.00 pm today. Speaker: Director-General of Health, Dr Ashley Bloomfield Details from today’s update: No new cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand – Dr Ashley Bloomfied Total number of confirmed cases is 1153, total confirmed and

Southland Police have located a body in the Longwood Forestry block. The body is believed to be missing man Dale Watene. Mr Watene, 40, went missing on Thursday 16 April from Otautau and has not been seen since. A post mortem is set to go ahead tomorrow and a formal identification process is being u

Fonterra has announced an increase in third quarter earnings before tax of $301 million to $815m, despite the challenges from Covid-19. However the dairy cooperative has lowered its forecast payout to farmers for the season. Chief executive Miles Hurrell said all three business units have delivered

A body has been found inside of a van which crashed into the Kawarau River near Queenstown yesterday. Motorists found debris on the side of State Highway 6 near the Victoria Flats Bridge about 6.40pm yesterday. A van was later found partially submerged in the Kawarau River, about 30km from Queenstow

Today there are no new cases of COVID-19 in New Zealand. The total number of cases in Southern as of 20 May 2020 is 216 (confirmed and probable). One case remains active, 213 individuals have now recovered and two are deceased. The most recent case in the Southern district was reported on 18 April.

The government’s new Covid-19 contact tracing app is now available. Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield told Morning Report the app would be helpful for getting the country towards alert level 1, but not critical. The number of cases is still the biggest factor. “When you download the ap