This weekend is stacked. Friday night, Flames on Esk lights up the city centre from 6pm with fire, flow, juggling, and magic — free for the whole family — before King Leo & Son bring their Gather You In Tour to RIFF for an incredible night of blues and soul, and Jetset

Police have dismantled an offshore methamphetamine operation after arresting 11 people across Auckland on Tuesday morning. Eight search warrants were executed in Avondale, Pakuranga and other Auckland locations as part of Operation Haste. All 11 men — Chinese and Taiwanese nationals aged between 21 and 53 — have appeared in Auckland District

Vandals have stripped the toilet seats from the Taramea Bay public facilities and smashed glass throughout the building — leaving visitors with nothing between them and cold stainless steel. Southland District Council crews have been on site to clean up and make the facility safe. The glass is gone. The seats

Brent Impey has been appointed chair of RNZ by Minister for Media and Communications Paul Goldsmith, who also named Paula Browning and Richard Dellabarca as new governors to the board. Impey had been serving as an RNZ governor since September 2024. Goldsmith said the appointment "provides critical continuity for

An Invercargill player has won $36,480 in tonight's Lotto draw. The win came via MyLotto, with the ticket matching Lotto Second Division. Five other players across the country shared the same division prize. One of the six also hit Powerball Second Division, lifting their total to $50,

Last year Caleb Macdonald of Queenstown and co-driver Larisa Biggar of Australia won the Barry Robinson Memorial Wyndham Rally. It was Macdonald's first outright rally win and the second overall rally victory for Biggar in a season where they also won the NZ Rally Challenge Championship. This year

When Southlanders talk about looking after our own, we're often thinking about the here and now, the clubs, services, and programmes that make a difference today. The Southland Foundation adds another layer by encouraging and connecting local generosity with causes in our community, whether through creating an endowment

Southland basketball has a new single boss covering both the grassroots game and the Sharks' national league campaign. Rod Bannister has been appointed General Manager of the Southland Basketball Association and the Southland Sharks, combining what were previously two separate roles into one. The move is a deliberate restructure