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Watch: The 2025 Southland Santa Parade
Watch: The 2025 Southland Santa Parade
Watch Now   -   Nov 30, 2025

After wild weather over the last few months on Saturday the weather played nice for the 2025 Southland Santa Parade. Check out the photos from Invercargill City Council below.

Annual Showcase Features Best Of SIT Student Creativity
Annual Showcase Features Best Of SIT Student Creativity
Education   -   Nov 26, 2025

The 2025 Bachelor of Screen Arts Showcase was held last week at Te Rau o te Huia, highlighting the best of the year’s work from SIT’s creative students. The multi-faceted event brought together concept art, animation, film, and game design on the one day for the ‘last hurrah’

Arrest Made Following Hunting Incident on Stewart Island
Arrest Made Following Hunting Incident on Stewart Island
News   -   Nov 25, 2025

Police investigating the death of Jock David Grant Davies., who died in a hunting incident near Lords River, Stewart Island, have arrested one person. A 39-year-old Ashburton man is to appear in the Invercargill District Court on 16 December 2025 on a charge of careless use of a firearm causing

Agriculture Minister’s Invercargill Electorate Visit Welcomed
Agriculture Minister’s Invercargill Electorate Visit Welcomed
News   -   Nov 25, 2025

Invercargill MP Penny Simmonds said it was significant to have the Minister of Agriculture and Trade Todd McClay in our province today. “It’s been a great opportunity for the minister to meet with farmers and rural businesses to understand their needs and hear their concerns. “The rural sector is

Police Release Details After Edendale Assault
Police Release Details After Edendale Assault
News   -   Nov 24, 2025

Police continue to investigate a violent assault in Edendale, where a man was seriously injured after being attacked late on Saturday night, 15 November. The incident happened around 10.55pm near the corner of Melvin Street and Turner Street. According to Detective Sergeant Brian McKinney from Gore CIB, the victim

Long Standing Bluff Community Board Chairman Reappointed
Long Standing Bluff Community Board Chairman Reappointed
Council   -   Nov 24, 2025

Members of the Bluff Community Board unanimously agreed to reappoint long-standing Chairperson Ray Fife to the role at its inaugural meeting for the 2025–2028 term. At their meeting in Bluff last night, members Jo Eruera, Frazer Murdoch, Haylee Simeon, and Justin Sutherland voted for Ray Fife to again be

Southland Junior Adventure Race
Southland Junior Adventure Race
Sport + Motorsport   -   Nov 23, 2025

The Southland Junior Adventure Race for Year 7-10s took place last week over two days with  210 Southland Sec Schools and Primary teams competing from across Southland. The Adventure race consists of 3 disciplines - kayaking /orienteering and mountain biking with teams of four navigating a set course at Oreti

Biggest Drift Event in History, 56 D1NZ Teams Head to Invercargill
Biggest Drift Event in History, 56 D1NZ Teams Head to Invercargill
Sport + Motorsport   -   Nov 21, 2025

Southland is gearing up to host its largest top-level drift event ever, as 56 teams descend on Invercargill for the opening round of the 2025–26 D1NZ National Drifting Championship at Teretonga Park Raceway. From 21–23 November, the world’s southernmost FIA-recognised race circuit will roar into life with

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