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A new Emergency Management plan for Southland has unearthed an unnerving detail about warning systems in the event of a tsunami. This week, Southland's civil defence emergency management group adopted its plan for the next five years - a 106-page document which will now be sent to the

A Southern Institute of Technology graduate has turned her animation skills into a thriving local business, recently illustrating a children's book by a Southland author. Bella Ranstead, who grew up in Southland and attended Menzies College in Wyndham, completed a Bachelor of Screen Arts (Animation) at SIT from

It will be a night to remember for two Auckland players after each secured $12.75 million with Powerball First Division in the latest live Lotto draw. The winning tickets were purchased through MyLotto, delivering a combined windfall that continues a strong run of major prizes in 2026. Each prize

The Department of Conservation is investigating the poisoning of 10 black-billed gulls in Te Anau. Five of the native birds were found sick on the foreshore in January and were euthanised. Another five had already died. Department of Conservation Te Anau operations manager John Lucas said testing later revealed the

National Member of Parliament for New Plymouth David MacLeod took a whistle-stop tour of the Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) campus recently to view the future-focused facilities. Mr MacLeod took up an invitation from the Minister for Vocational Education and MP for Invercargill, Hon Penny Simmonds, to visit SIT’s

John Beckenridge killed himself and his 11-year-old stepson in a vengeful act against his estranged wife, a coroner has ruled. John Beckenridge, left, and Mike Zhou-Beckenridge. Photo: SUPPLIED Coroner Marcus Elliot said the Queenstown man was angry, self-righteous and vengeful when he drove his car off a cliff in the

Invercargill MP Penny Simmonds says it’s a wonderful recognition of the hard work of the people of this province, that Southland had recorded the country’s largest increase in regional gross domestic product (GDP) at almost 10 percent. “According to figures released today by Stats NZ today, GDP to

Awarua Synergy has completed one of its most challenging operations to date — a two-week insulation deployment across the Chatham Islands and Pitt Island that pushed logistics, endurance, and teamwork to the absolute limit. While the Deep South is known for its rugged conditions, the Chatham’s proved to be “nextlevel