What's On Invers – Invercargill & Southland News

An outbreak of measles in Canterbury has prompted huge demand for vaccinations, but what is the disease and how serious is it really? This Q&A explainer lays out the facts … What is measles? Measles is one of the most infectious contagious disease known, infecting children as well as adults via coug

The What’s On Invers lotto syndicate won $59 on Strike, maybe it was adding an extra line of Strike that won? Powerball was not struck this evening and has rolled over to Saturday night, where the jackpot will be $8 million. Meanwhile, Strike Four also rolled over tonight and will be $300,000 on Sat

Environment Southland’s latest monitoring has found elevated levels of the toxic algae in the Aparima River at Thornbury and the Oreti River at Winton Bridge. Environment Southland science strategy and investigations manager Dr Elaine Moriarty advised that there are already alerts in place for sever

Invercargill Deputy Mayor Becs Amundsen announced today she is running for the city mayoralty. The city was on the cusp of significant change and she believed she was the right person to lead it through its transformation, she said. Amundsen, 41, said she had the passion, commitment and experience t

Police are investigating a crash involving which occurred on Tiwai Road, around midnight last night. It is understood that this was a single vehicle car crash. The driver of the vehicle died at the scene. The passenger was taken to hospital in a critical condition, but is now in a moderate, stable c

Teretonga Park was roaring with the sound of Super Trucks and Muscle Cars over the weekend. Photos thanks to Dave Loudon Photography. Lindsay Beers wrap up below. Alex Little of Lower Hutt topped the podium at the conclusion of Round 2 of the NZ Super Truck Championship at Teretonga Park this weeken

In the faceoff that fans had been waiting six months for, Te Wānanga o Raukawa Pulse have avenged last season’s Grand Final with a 54-50 victory over the Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel. It didn’t go the Pulse’s way for the full 60 minutes – the dogged Steel were leading by up to seven goals […]

Alex Little of Lower Hutt took opening day honours in the NZ Super Trucks at Teretonga Park in Invercargill today. Little, in a Freightliner Century, led the way from Troy Wheeler of Papakura in a similar truck to win the first of four races for the weekend at the second round of the NZ Super […]