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New Zealand reggae act Son & Water are bringing their first-ever South Island show to Invercargill, playing The Shack on Friday October 23 — Labour Weekend. The Hamilton-based band is led by vocalist Daimond Porima-Ferguson and his father Jamey Ferguson, a founding member of Katchafire who shaped that band's

The Walter Peak fire has grown to an estimated 1,200 hectares, and firefighters are warning it could get bigger. Operations resumed at 7am this morning, with four helicopters running monsoon bucket runs to cool hotspots and dampen the perimeter. A fifth is up as an aerial platform directing the

Brendon Leitch charged from 17th to the Pro-Am podium on the streets of Beijing — and did it the hard way. The Southland driver and Harmony Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 EVO co-driver Jiajun Song claimed their second Pro-Am class podium of the GT World Challenge Asia powered by AWS season in

Lindsay Herman has never won anything in his life. That changed on Sunday when his name came up at Eastern Suburbs Tavern and he walked away with $5,000. Herman was at his local when the grand prize draw for ILT's Great Pub Cash Giveaway was announced at

Regional airlines are getting a $5.7 million government lifeline as jet fuel and aviation gas costs bite hard. Regional Development Minister Shane Jones and Associate Transport Minister James Meager announced Monday that the money will come from the Regional Infrastructure Fund as working capital grants — covering day-to-day costs like

New Zealand has a new agency running its school property portfolio, and the Government says it is the clearest sign yet that the old way of doing things is finished. The New Zealand School Property Agency formally began operations today, taking over responsibility for building, managing and maintaining school property

Invercargill's That 80s Band is back — hairspray, shoulder pads, and all — with a show at the Corinthians Centre on Saturday November 14 that promises a full night of 1980s hits played live. The band, 14 years old in various forms, will perform at the Invercargill Workingmen's

A mild, blustery Tuesday in Invercargill: fine with high cloud, strong northwesterlies, high around 18°C.