Malcolm Gayfer

A display of classic cars will complement the racing at the Wyndham Harness Racing Club meeting at Young Quinn Raceway at Wyndham on Sunday. Any owners of classic cars are invited to be part of the display for which there will be a prize for the best presented car. More information can be gained fro

The 2017 World Shearing and Woolhandling Championships is truly an international event with 32 countries from all over the globe descending on Invercargill from next Wednesday to vie for world titles. The 40th anniversary championships will make history as the first instance the event has been hoste

Southland will benefit from a significant Government investment in police and the wider justice sector to reduce crime and keep our communities safe, says local MP Sarah Dowie. “Knowing there’s a nearby police presence at all times is something our community expects,” says Sarah Dowie. “As the daugh

Chris Fleming has been appointed Southern DHB Chief Executive, Commissioner Kathy Grant announced today. The Nelson Marlborough Health Chief Executive had been seconded to the role of interim Chief Executive at Southern DHB since September, while the Commissioner team undertook an extensive recruitm

Plans for the Invercargill premiere of the movie Pork Pie have been downsized, from a fully fledged red carpet premiere event at the Invercargill Civic theatre to a screening at Readings Cinema. The premiere was originally booked into the Civic Theatre for February 1st. The screening will now take p

Police would like to thank members of the public who have provided information relating to the arson at Sandy Point in the early hours of Monday, 16 January 2017. From the information received, Police have revised the estimated time the arson occurred to being between 2 and 2:30am, not 3:30am as ini

A rescue helicopter is flying 400 km to the Auckland Islands on an urgent mission to medevac a woman injured by a sea lion pup. The woman had been assisting research work on Enderby Island swabbing sea lion pups’ mouths when she cut her finger about nine days ago. The Rescue Coordination Centre New

Invercargill Police are investigating an incident on Limestone Plains Road, Thornbury which occurred at around 11pm on Monday 9 January. Detective Sergeant John Kean says the occupants of a house awoke to door-knocking and when they opened their door they was confronted with a person brandishing a f