News Desk

First Kidzone Festival, now Matariki Festival has paused for 2025. ILT Kidzone Festival to Pause in 2025Great South has made the difficult decision to pause the 2025 ILT Kidzone Festival primarily due to rising costs and resource demands. Great South Chief Executive Chami Abeysinghe said the decision had not been

* Students from Year 1 to 10 will learn practical money skills through refreshed curriculum * Curriculum includes basic and advanced topics, from savings to tax and investment knowledge * Ministry partners with financial groups to align resources and support teacher delivery Financial education will soon become a central part of learning for

Police are appealing for information following a suspicious car fire in Bluff on Sunday 4 May. About 3.40pm, a Ford Courier ute was set alight while it was parked on Marine Parade. The vehicle suffered substantial damage. Senior Constable Pete Jenkins says a man carrying a red petrol can

UPDATE 10:05am: Highway is now open. Police and emergency services are attending a crash involving at least four vehicles on Bluff Highway, between Awarua Siding Road and Stanley Township Road. The crash occurred at approximately 8.10am today. One of the vehicles is currently blocking both lanes, and motorists

A person has sadly died following a workplace incident at the Te Anau transfer station on the Manapouri-Te Anau Highway late Friday (3rd May) afternoon. Emergency services were called to the site at around 3.30pm, but the person tragically died at the scene. Police have confirmed the death will

Brenny & The Bushwhackers have maroon blood pulsing in their veins. Their Southland-centric sound—a fusion of bluegrass, a dash of country, and a whack of Irish folk with an undercurrent of rural punk—gives voice to the region’s battlers and storytellers. Recorded at SIT Sounds’ state-of-the-art studio in

The popular Duck Shooters’ Widows Designer Clothing Sale is back again this year - and it’s bigger and better than ever before. The massive designer new and pre-loved designer clothing sale has doubled in size this year, extending over 2 days to include both this Friday and Saturday of

Jeanna Rodgers’ tireless voluntary work has been at the heart of the Lumsden community for more than twenty years. Her ongoing dedication was officially recognised on Thursday evening when she received a Southland District Council and Northern Community Board Community Service Award. Mayor Rob Scott and community board chair Greg