Paige Turner

Invercargill MP Penny Simmonds says it's a breakthrough that cervical screening will be free for all eligible Invercargill and Southland women from March next year. "That means that all women aged 25 to 69 will be able to access cervical screening without paying a charge - which

Fonterra has lifted its forecast milk price for the 2026/27 season, raising the midpoint from $9.25 to $9.50 per kilogram of milk solids. The co-operative also narrowed its forecast range, moving from $8.00–$10.50 per kgMS to $8.50–$10.50 per kgMS. The revision,

A Southland employment programme is turning hesitant enrolments into promotions, engineering certificates and photography businesses. The Kia Tū Pathway Planning programme, developed through a partnership between Southland Regeneration, Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) and the Ministry of Social Development, has now guided almost 200 learners through its micro-credential since it

A student's watercolour painting is now flying above Telford's Balclutha campus as the institution's official new flag. Olivene de Jong, who is studying the New Zealand Certificate in Rural Animal Healthcare Assistance (Level 4) at Telford, won a student design competition to create the

Peter Moynihan has stepped down from the board of The Power Company Ltd after nine years, with long-standing director James Carmichael taking over as chairman. Moynihan, who served several years as chair, left the board last week alongside director Wayne Mackey, who also clocked up nine years before stepping down.

Possum numbers in Southland have hit a record high in at least one control area, and a council report is now questioning whether the system meant to keep them in check is working. Environment Southland's biosecurity officer Raoul Thomas told a Wednesday committee meeting that possum populations had

Scott O'Donnell has been made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to business — recognition that spans trucking, hydrogen fuel, a $180 million city centre overhaul, and a dementia care village on the edge of Invercargill. O'Donnell has spent his career expanding

The director of a slink skin factory shut down by Environment Southland stripped off his suit jacket, shirt and tie outside the regional council's offices on Monday — and begged for his business back. Eddie Zhi, sole director of NZAgri Development Ltd, sat over a vehicle entrance at Environment