News Desk

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

Environment Southland has cut its proposed rates increase again, dropping it to 3.25 percent for 2026-27. Councillors had already slashed the increase from the Long-term Plan's forecast of 12.6 percent to 3.9 percent. Today they endorsed a draft Annual Plan with a further reduction. The

Corbin Strong is back. Southland cyclist Corbin Strong won the Lotto Circuit Franco-Belge on Sunday, ending a difficult start to the season with a powerful sprint finish on Belgian roads. Strong's victory came after his team controlled the race from the front. Riley Sheehan launched a decisive attack

The Southern Stars Under 13 Marching team has won Splash Palace's 2026 sports competition. The team will get an exclusive pool party with the Southern Steel Sharks at Invercargill's aquatic centre. Splash Palace recreation manager Brett Cook said it was a chance for the Sharks players

Gore District Council will ask residents to choose between five options for reshaping local government across the south. The decision follows an extraordinary meeting today where councillors agreed to join the Government's Head Start reform process — a fast-track pathway that lets councils propose their own restructuring before compulsory

Police have arrested eight people and seized cash and drugs following search warrants in the Queenstown area. Over the past two months, Police have executed a number of search warrants in relation to the possession and supply of class A drugs. During the warrants over $120,000 in cash was

A Southern Institute of Technology lecturer has taken Southland teaching methods to China, delivering a keynote on education innovation to hundreds of academics and students. SIT computing programme manager Alex Ewing presented at Hubei University of Education in Wuhan on June 3, sharing practical approaches to teacher development and course

Southern Steel coach Wendy Frew has been watching footage of her team's worst performance this season all week. The opening round loss to Tactix still stings. But it's also proof of how far the Steel have come since March. "I think that was our poorest