The future is looking great with an exciting new identity revealed to drive Southland’s regional success. Today marks the first official day of trading for the Southland Regional Development Agency and to celebrate a new name has been unveiled. Great South will be the trading name for the organisati

Work has started on a multi-million dollar two-year redevelopment of PAK’nSAVE Invercargill. Jason Dobson Operations Manager said “The redevelopment is going to bring an even better grocery shopping experience for our Southland customers. Our team plan on keeping any disruptions to a minimum while t

Following careful consideration of the detailed resource consent decision and ongoing positive dialogue with the HWCP Directors, H&J Smith will not appeal the decision of Invercargill City Council to grant resource consent to the HWCP mall development. “As a leading champion of inner city revitalisa

Southland Housing Action Forum (SHAF) is thrilled to announce that Habitat for Humanity Invercargill is the new owner of the Kew Bowl site after their tender was accepted by the Invercargill City Council. SHAF submitted an expression of interest in January and were asked to then tender for the prope

Air New Zealand has this week launched a southern inspired campaign ahead of the airline’s first ever direct scheduled jet service between Auckland and Invercargill which gets underway at the end of August. The month-long campaign ‘Find yourself speechless in Southland’ has been developed in partner

Air New Zealand chief executive Christopher Luxon has resigned. CEO Air NZ Mr Luxon, who has been in the role for seven years, will be stepping down on 25 September but would stay on to advise the new chief executive and board chair. In a statement, the company said it was beginning an international

More than 300 people have had their say on the city block development investment proposal – have you had yours? The Invercargill City Council is currently in consultation with the community about whether it should invest up to $30million in the city block development. Council Strategy and Policy Man

The latest study of New Zealand’s primary sector shows booming exports for the second year in a row. The SOPI report (Situation Outlook for Primary Industries) shows total farm, fishing and forestry exports for the year to the end of this month forecast to rise to $45.7 billion. That is a 7.1 percen