Business

Power companies Meridian and Contact have released a list of four potential partners to develop the world’s first large-scale green hydrogen plant in Southland. Hydrogen renewable energy production – hydrogen gas for clean electricity solar and windturbine facility. 3d rendering.The announcement of

With the current Orange Alert Level, customers are required to have a Vaccine Pass (except the bottle stores). As such, a high number of group bookings have been cancelled due to not all potential customers in the group having been vaccinated. In a report to the board last Thursday (January 27), chi

A new jersey range is being launched this weekend adding style and value to New Zealand’s wool industry. This Saturday, Kate MacDonald will launch her business Davaar & Co, taking wool from her family property and producing homespun-style woollen jerseys. The entire product range is being manufactur

Cruickshank Pryde Lawyers are proud to announce the promotion of Kylie McNeilly to an Associate from 1 January 2022. Born and raised in Riverton, Kylie was admitted to the bar in 2014 before heading overseas for 7 years. During this time she worked in Perth, Sydney and London, before realising there

Southland Business Excellence Awards were held on Friday 28 January at Bill Richardson Transport World, under the red traffic light covid framework, to an in-house audience of 100 finalists, sponsors and judges, along with many watch parties viewing via live stream throughout the region. The awards

Miriam McKenzie has published a resource for teachers, won an award for exporting speech programmes to China, and is now back in the classroom. The primary school trained, speech and effective communication expert has gone full circle since graduating as a teacher almost 30 years ago. She’s relishin

Makarewa could be the site of the country’s first carbon-neutral data centre, creating up to 25 new jobs for Southlanders – and consent has already been lodged for another one at the Clyde Dam in Central Otago. Datagrid is the company behind the Southland project, and has partnered with Meridian Ene

Invercargill Central Limited is putting some contingency plans in place to safeguard its $165 million inner city redevelopment project. The community is also being invited to give feedback through the Invercargill City Council, after it agreed in 2020 to invest up to $46 million to support the devel