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The Southland Festival of the Arts continues into Week Three with a free event on Sunday that encourages debate and discussion about the future of the Arts in Invercargill. “Art in the Heart” will pull together different threads about the city’s future arts direction.  Janette Malcolm, who has been

Hospice Southland celebrates its 25th Anniversary this year and as part of the celebrations – a visual book is being put together with local Southland stories – to mark the occasion. Hospice CEO Andrew Leys said he hoped the book – yet to be titled – would be an archive piece fill of the community’s

The Koha Kai Charitable Trust has been granted significant funding of $300,000 from the Community Trust of Southland (CTOS) Innovation Fund. The $1 million Fund aims to support organisations that offer new solutions, creative ideas and fresh approaches to address community issues and opportunities.

Friday (May 5) night’s NBL battle against the Canterbury Rams is looking as a crucial one for the SIT Zero Fees Southland Sharks, on and off the court. Each year the team selects one home game at ILT Stadium Southland as its Annual Charity Game which will this year benefit Hospice Southland. Sharks

What a ghastly way to wind up April. A tragedy beyond comprehension, the shooting that saw a mother dead and at least three families decimated. What can we say? We can say that some of the reportage was dreadful. And we at whatsoninvers let ourselves down on the night of with our request for pics […

School is back tomorrow and Southland Police are asking drivers to keep an eye on their speed with children returning for the new term. Constable Jason Gordon says their message is simple; please slow down! “We’re reminding people to slow down and stay alert to ensure our young people get to and fro

Tomorrow morning (April 25), the Last Post will ring out, as people pay their respects to servicemen and woman on Anzac Day, throughout New Zealand. Invercargill Sevice: Cenotaph, Dee St, 7am Eastern Cemetery, 9am NZEF association at 177 Don Street, 10am Winton Service: Anzac Oval, Great North Rd, 7

ANZAC Day tomorrow and who is going to a Dawn Parade commemoration anywhere around Southland. And if you will be marking ANZAC day in a different country please let us know. We’d love to hear about it. Anyway what to choose for a Mal’s Musical Memory. I’ve come up with John Williamson’s Digger’s Of