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Three hundred and twenty refurbished laptops are heading to Southland schools and youth organisations, courtesy of a deal between Great South, the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment and a handful of local groups. MBIE is donating retired devices from its own fleet. The laptops will be split across the

Invercargill City Council's management team has toured Southern Institute of Technology's campus — and left with a clearer picture of what the institute can offer both the city and its own 400-plus workforce. Hosted by SIT chief executive Bharat Guha and senior leaders including Trish Lindsay, Nick

A factory in Riverton is selling around one million pāua shells a year to Chanel, Cartier and the Sultan of Oman — and still can't keep up with demand. Ocean Shell Ltd, based on a quiet street in the small Southland town, processes and exports pāua shells alongside mother

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

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

Hospice South has a new way to secure funding forever. The Southland Foundation and Hospice South have launched an endowment fund that will generate returns to support free palliative care across the region for generations. The endowment model pools donations and invests them, distributing returns over time while preserving the

A Southern Institute of Technology lecturer has taken Southland teaching methods to China, delivering a keynote on education innovation to hundreds of academics and students. SIT computing programme manager Alex Ewing presented at Hubei University of Education in Wuhan on June 3, sharing practical approaches to teacher development and course

Southland's arts scene is bigger than anyone expected. More than 90 nominations flooded in for this year's regional arts awards — a number that surprised even the organisers. Arts Murihiku now faces the pleasant problem of choosing between four to six finalists in each of nine categories.