Immigration Minister Erica Stanford has accused her own ministry of deliberately withholding information from ministers and using creative accounting to hide cost blowouts on a failed technology project that wasted more than $30 million of taxpayer money. Stanford made the comments at a parliamentary Scrutiny Week hearing on Tuesday, alongside

Invercargill has its first FreshChoice supermarket - the 4th one in Southland, and the public is invited to the official opening on Wednesday morning. Owner/operator Jigs Buha said a lot has been done to the 57-year-old supermarket in Yarrow Street, rebranded from SuperValue Plaza, and given a complete makeover.

Hospice South is opening a flagship retail store in the former Hunting & Fishing building. Reloved will consolidate the charity's existing Invercargill shops into one central location, designed to boost efficiency and make donations easier. Chief Executive Pete Thompson said the move was a strategic investment in both

Police are treating a house fire in Gore as suspicious and want witnesses to come forward. Emergency services were called to Lawrence Street around 5am on Friday June 12 after the property caught fire. No one was injured. Southland Area Response Manager Senior Sergeant Gary Iddenten said the fire has

New Zealand now has 26 billionaires, eight more than last year, with the tech sector driving most of the growth. The National Business Review's annual rich list found the country's wealthiest people are collectively worth $129 billion, up from $102 billion in 2025. Zuru Toys co-founders

Brendon Leitch and Sergio Pires have jumped into the lead of the GT World Challenge Australia championship after a dominant weekend at Queensland Raceway. The Geyer Valmont Racing by Tigani Motorsport pair finished third and first across the two 60-minute races at Ipswich, vaulting from fifth in the standings to

Invercargill Airport is getting a new café operator. Jerin Nadar, who runs Salt restaurant and previously operated Main Street Café and Eat on Windsor, will take over the terminal café from Sunday June 28, 2026. The space will be rebranded as Hangar 106 with a refreshed look and updated food

"I am more of a funeral kind of man than a wedding kind of man." These were the opening lines of my dad's speech at my wedding — true story! As we waited with bated breath for the speech to unfold, it was either going to be