Judy Geary has spent 28 years volunteering at the Wyndham and Districts Community Rest Home. On Saturday, Southland District Council made it official.
Mayor Rob Scott presented Geary with a Community Service Award from the council and the Waihōpai Toetoe Community Board, recognising what amounts to roughly 330 board meetings
When Michael Cockroft answers a question, sends a message or orders food, he has to do it a little differently from other Invercargill fathers - entirely with his eyes.
Following a diagnosis of motor neurone disease (MND) seven years ago, Cockroft has also set his sights on storytelling and beating
More than 8,600 native plants are in the ground near Waituna Lagoon, part of a long-term push to restore health to one of Southland's most ecologically fragile wetlands.
Whakamana te Waituna Charitable Trust planted 8,625 plants at Webster Block on May 8 — a 48-hectare property it
A woman repeatedly told her obstetrician she was worried about her baby's growth. Four days after he dismissed her concerns, her son was stillborn.
The Health and Disability Commissioner has found Health New Zealand breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers' Rights over the care
When Southlanders talk about looking after our own, we're often thinking about the here and now, the clubs, services, and programmes that make a difference today. The Southland Foundation adds another layer by encouraging and connecting local generosity with causes in our community, whether through creating an endowment
Police have dismantled an offshore methamphetamine operation after arresting 11 people across Auckland on Tuesday morning.
Eight search warrants were executed in Avondale, Pakuranga and other Auckland locations as part of Operation Haste. All 11 men — Chinese and Taiwanese nationals aged between 21 and 53 — have appeared in Auckland District
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
Today's shaping up to be a typical Southland winter's day – a bit of everything.
This morning starts mainly dry with increasing cloud, but don't be fooled by the sunshine if it peeks through. Showers are expected to develop this afternoon before easing later this
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