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Gore police investigating arson following positive leads

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Gore Police are following positive lines of enquiry in the investigation of a suspicious house fire in Waikaia. On Wednesday 21 February 2024, emergency services...

Update on search for missing tramper in Milford Sound

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Search efforts in Milford Sound for a missing tramper are continuing today. While the tramper has not yet been located, Police remain positive as the...

Rescue teams keeping positive in search for missing tramper

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A large-scale search and rescue operation has continued Tuesday in Milford Sound, for a man who has been missing since late on Sunday night. The...

Witnesses sought after suspicious fire in Bluff

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Police are appealing for information following a suspicious car fire in Bluff on Sunday 4 May. About 3.40pm, a Ford Courier ute was set alight...

Invercargill Police investigating overnight offending

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Police are asking for information from the public after a series of incidents in Invercargill overnight, including two aggravated robberies. Officers were called to a...

Fatal workplace incident, Te Anau

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One person has died following a workplace incident at a Manapouri Te Anau Highway premises on Friday afternoon. Police were called to the address about...

Hospital failings lead to terminal cancer diagnosis after five-year delay

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Southland Hospital has been found to have breached patient rights after failing to diagnose a man’s lung cancer over five years of scans and...

Fatal crash, Niagara-Tokanui Highway, Southland

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One person has died in a crash on Niagara-Tokanui Highway at Quarry Hills, Southland, last night. About 8.35pm, emergency services were informed that a ute...

Update – Search for missing man, Mt Aspiring National Park

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The search for a man reported missing in a river in Mt Aspiring National Park on 6 February remains ongoing. Police have located a number...

Rescue on the Wakaia River

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Three men have been rescued after being reported missing while rafting on the Waikaia River near Piano Flat, in Southland. Police were alerted at around...

Meteorite fireball seen over South Island

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South Islanders witnessed a spectacular fireball streaking across the sky near Wānaka late last night, followed by a loud sonic boom as a meteorite...

‘Justice served’ in Southland drug operation – police

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Police have smashed a significant Southland drug operation, thanks to some dodgy-looking crockery intercepted by Customs in Auckland, says Detective Inspector Shona Low. Kilograms of...

Quick reporting from public sees two teens arrested in Invercargill

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Two young people are facing Youth Court in Invercargill after a series of burglaries in a stolen car overnight. A Mazda vehicle was stolen from...

Police updates – fatal crashes Winton Lorneville Highway, Arthurs Pass and Takapau

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Police updates on crimes and investigations for 26 January 2025. Fatal crash, Winton Lorneville Highway Police can confirm one person has died in hospital following a...

Tapanui man facing numerous drug-related charges

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A 25-year-old Tapanui man is facing a raft of charges relating to the sale and supply of Class A, B and C controlled drugs...

Police confirm driveway death of child in Gore

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Police can confirm that a three-year-old child died after being struck by a vehicle in a driveway at a residential address in Gore at...

CCTV proves invaluable in arrest of daylight burglar

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A man has been arrested after attempting to break into a rural home in Motu Rimu, near Invercargill. this morning (Wednesday 1 January). At about...

Police seek public’s help following arrest of Invercargill man for indecent exposure

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Invercargill Police have arrested a 19-year-old man in connection with multiple incidents of indecent exposure to members of the public. The man has been released...

Queenstown police seek public’s help in search for overdue hiker

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Police are appealing to the public for assistance in locating a hiker who has not returned from a trek in the Wye Creek area. Sanjeev,...

ACT MP pushes to end Liquor Licensing Trusts in West Auckland and Southland

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ACT MP Simon Court is advocating to abolish licensing trusts in West Auckland, Gore, Mataura, and Invercargill, arguing that the existing rules are outdated...

Southland man sentenced to Home Detention for intimate visual recordings

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A 54-year-old Southland man has been sentenced to 10 and a half months home detention after pleading guilty to making numerous intimate visual recordings...

Four caught whitebaiting illegally in late-night operation

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Four Southland men have been caught fishing illegally at the Waiau River mouth as part of a joint operation aimed at enforcing whitebaiting regulations. The...

Additional support for Southland and Otago farmers announced

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The government has stepped in with an additional $50,000 of financial support for farmers and growers in Southland and parts of Otago, as relentless...

Two seriously injured after boat sinks in Ōreti River near Invercargill

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Several people were injured, with two in serious condition, following a boat sinking in the Ōreti River near Invercargill. Emergency services responded quickly to the...

Drugs seized in Southland search warrant

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Firearms, drugs and items consistent with drug supply have been stripped from a Winton address and a man charged following the execution of a...

Southland Police seize cannabis and cash, arrest seven people

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Police located 150 ounces of cannabis, seized $25,000 and arrested seven people in Southland yesterday. The Southern District Organised Crime Group, assisted by several Police...

Riverton capsize tragedy – names released

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Police have released the names of the three people who tragically died after the boat they were on capsized on the Riverton Bar on...

Third person located deceased in Riverton search

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A third person has been located deceased after a boat capsized on the Riverton bar yesterday afternoon. Emergency services and Search and Rescue personnel leapt...

Two people deceased, one person missing following boat capsize on Riverton Bar

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Two people have died and one person remains missing after a boat capsized on the Riverton bar this afternoon. Emergency services were alerted to the...

Two arrested over Southland car thefts

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Two young people have been charged and Police are appealing for information following recent incidents of unlawfully interfering and taking of motor vehicles in...

Southern District Police disappointed by driving behaviour

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Southern Police are disappointed with motorists after issuing many infringement notices where drivers were found to be displaying dangerous driving behaviours and driving over...

Second victim located following Manapouri fire (updated)

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A specialist search team has located a second person deceased following a house fire on View Street in Manapouri. Emergency services were called to the...

Air New Zealand flight faces mid-air scare due to technical faults

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Passengers on an Air New Zealand flight from Christchurch to Invercargill experienced a frightening ordeal when their Dash 8 aircraft circled over Foveaux Strait...

Police updates: Masterton assault, Gore house fire, pot thefts in Palmerston North

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Police updates on crimes and investigations for 19 June 2024. Police seeking to locate man following alleged assault in Masterton Wairarapa Police are urging members of...

Dramatic video captures flames from Virgin Airways flight VA148 after suspected bird strike

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Passengers on Virgin Australia's dramatic trans-Tasman flight VA148, which appeared to catch fire after departing Queenstown Airport on Monday evening, have recounted the terrifying...

Flames and panic: Virgin Australia flight VA148’s emergency diversion to Invercargill

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Flames were seen coming out of a Boeing 737 shortly after it departed from Queenstown on Monday evening. The Virgin Australia flight VA148, carrying 67...

Invercargill Mayor Nobby Clark faces new Code of Conduct complaint

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Invercargill Mayor Nobby Clark is facing a new code of conduct complaint lodged by an 'external party', as confirmed by the council's chief executive...

Man found after several days missing in Milford bush

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Police Search and Rescue (SAR) are urging trampers and walkers to take necessary precautions following a rescue operation in the Dore Pass, Milford Track...

Government welcomes smelter agreement

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The signing of individual 20-year bilateral long-term contracts between the New Zealand Aluminium Smelter (NZAS), Meridian Energy, Contact Energy, and Mercury NZ will provide...

Unexplained death, Invercargill

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Police are making enquiries after a man was located deceased near the intersection of Sydney Street and Andrew Street in Invercargill this morning. Police were...

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