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PHOTO: SUPPLIED A Southland resident did not expect to walk away from the Southland Home Show as the winner of a new e-bike last week.

Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu chief executive Ivy Harper welcomes everyone to the whānau community day. Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu is celebrating 10 years as the Whānau Ora commissioning agency for the South Island.

Among the children who performed at Colombian Independence Day in Invercargill were (from left) Alisson Sinisterra, John Rosso, Deborah Largacha, Miguel Guevara Darlin and Luis Asprilla. PHOTO: GUSTAVO RODRIGUEZ/SUPPLIED Traditional dancing, brilliant colour and plenty of food.

Wilma Falconer Environment Southland is seeking community submissions on the composition of the council, ahead of the 2025 local body elections.

A King Cobra gang member. File photo: Dean Purcell An NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) employee supplied her gang member partner with confidential information from the agency’s database in exchange for methamphetamine.

Newly appointed Southern district commander Superintendent Jason Guthrie addressed a crowd gathered to celebrate the Southern Resilience to Organised Crime in Communities work programme. PHOTO: TONI MCDONALD A Murihiku work programme confronting the harm caused by organised crime and methamphetamine is being hailed a success.

Tisbury Hall committee chair Nat Byers is ready to celebrate the hall's 110th birthday celebrations with a community celebration on August 3. If walls could talk, Tisbury Hall could tell many tales about visiting movie stars, country dances, returned servicemen, wedding parties, birthdays and 110 years of school concerts.

Hendrix John Kahia hugs supporters outside the High Court at Hamilton after being acquitted of the murder of Wiremu Birch 11 years ago in Taupō. Photo: Belinda Feek After 11 years, and three High Court murder trials, Black Power member Hendrix John Kahia has been found not guilty of Wiremu Birch’s murder in a dark Taupō street.

Members of Hilltop Youth block aid trucks from entering Gaza. Photo: Getty Images Australia has sanctioned Israeli settlers linked to attacking and killing Palestinians as the prime minister branded their activities an "impediment" to a two-state solution. 

The Arawhata River bridge, where one of the party finally alerted authorities. Photo: ODT files A man walked for three hours to raise the alarm after a vehicle plunged into a creek up a closed road in darkness last night near Jackson Bay.

Every few days, flavoured milk is left on top of a particular pump at RD Petroleum's self-service fuel stop in Alexandra. Photo: Supplied / Jim Redgrave By Soumya Bhamidipati of RNZ

Ocean Census specimen collection. Photo: Ocean Census / NIWA By Veronika Meduna of RNZ The Bounty Trough is one of the world’s least explored deep-ocean ecosystems.

Photo: File A reprieve from the worst of the winter weather hasn’t afforded police in Wānaka an opportunity to take their focus off the roads, said Senior Sergeant Fiona Roberts.

Peter Scott sat among the Environment Cantebury councillors this week but is set to resume his role as chairperson. PHOTO RNZ/ADAM BURNS Peter Scott will resume his role as chairperson of Environment Canterbury after receiving “strong support” to do so.

The fire burnt through the car's engine block. Photos: Ruby Shaw A vehicle caught fire in the Central Otago District Council carpark in Alexandra this afternoon, drawing concerned onlookers from a nearby school and businesses. 

Arrowtown-raised Football Fern Anna Leat. PHOTO: SUPPLIED Amping for some game time at the Paris Olympics is Arrowtown-raised Football Ferns goalkeeper Anna Leat.

Photo: File image / Getty By Eloise Gibson A Christchurch-based manufacturer of EV chargers says it is switching its focus to the Australian market, partly because of New Zealand's plunging EV sales.

Ashburton College head student Tamsin Cartney's favourite subjects are biology and chemistry. Photo: Supplied Budding scientist Tamsin Cartney of Ashburton College has arrived in England this week, ready to learn and be inspired at the London International Youth Science Forum.

The former Rangiora police station has been bought by the Waimakariri District Council and will be demolished to create more parking spaces on the southern side of the Rangiora CBD. PHOTO: JOHN COSGROVE The Waimakariri District Council has bought the old Rangiora police station building for $1.3 million.

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Health Minister Shane Reti. Photo: RNZ Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says the government's boot camp policy is "very, very different" from the case study highlighted in the Abuse in Care report.