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State Highway 96 is closed near Waitane after a truck crash this morning. The road is shut between the Te Tipua School Road and Brydone-Glencoe Road intersections in Southland. No timeframe for reopening has been given. A detour is in place. Westbound traffic should take SH96, turn left onto Te

UPDATE: 3.50pm| SH1 Clyde Street Reopened SH1 Clyde Street is now OPEN between Teviot Street and Bowmont Street following an earlier crash. Traffic is flowing again, but please continue to drive with care as delays may ease. Thanks to everyone for your patience. A crash on Clyde Street has

Last week of Priscilla — make the most of it! Friday The Commoners play Live in the Lobby at Two Doors Down and Marea Malinao lights up Level One, Saturday is packed with live music across the city including El Scratcho at The Southland Sports Bar, The Orphans fundraiser gig at

Southland has its first Lotto winner in weeks, but Powerball rolls on. Saturday's draw pushed the jackpot to $40 million after no one matched the Powerball numbers on Wednesday night. Three players split Lotto First Division, each taking home $333,333. Their tickets were sold at MyLotto in

Two people were seriously injured in a crash on the Riverton Wallacetown Highway on Tuesday afternoon. One remains in critical care at Dunedin Hospital. The collision, between a ute and an SUV, happened around 5:20pm on July 21. Southland Police are investigating and want to hear from anyone who

Carter Strang of Wallacetown is a familiar sight in rallies in his Mitsubishi EVO 10 but when he lines up for the Barry Robinson Memorial Rally Southland on Saturday 18 July he will be at the wheel of a brand spanking new GR Toyota Yaris. The Toyota is one of

The northbound lane of the Waihola Highway/State Highway 1 in Waihola, Clutha, is blocked after a logging truck slipped off the road this morning. Police were called to the incident, between Lake Road and Surrey Heights, around 7.30am.  There doesn't appear to be any injuries and

Sixteen-year-old Ryan Howden of Invercargill is looking forward to just his second ever rally, the Barry Robinson Memorial Rally Southland, Round 3 of the Brian Green Property Group NZ Rally Championship on Saturday 18 July. The Eastern Southland Car Club organise the rally and Howden is the club's