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Sarah Dowie, MP for Invercargill, congratulates Invercargill Middle School for winning Excellence in Teaching and Learning at the prestigious Prime Minister’s Education Excellence Awards last night. “This award is a testament to Invercargill Middle School’s hard work and commitment to education inno

Southern motorists are urged to take extra care on the roads this morning and to the conditions as areas of black ice emerge. After yesterday’s big freeze, light rain on the roads has turned to black ice in the Otago/Southland Lakes area, and elsewhere in the district. Although the roads looks wet,

It’s been an exciting week or so for some of our younger up and coming athletes. Firstly congrats to all in involved, especially the girls of the Phoenix Synchro Swim Team who competed at the South Island Champs in Dunedin over the weekend. The Phoenix girls came home with the medals coming first! G

Huge win for the South Invercargill community – the Department of Internal Affairs has agreed to contribute a Lottery Community Facilities grant of almost a quarter of a million dollars to support the build of South Alive’s ‘Pod’ – our community centre project! What a fantastic show of support for o

An ambitious project by Rotary and the Invercargill City Council to restore the beauty of the New River Estuary by planting 22 hectares is now complete. The end of the project falls in Rotary’s centennial year and will be marked with the creation of shelters at the top of the hill. Members of the pu

Community professionals, including school teachers, guidance counsellors, parents and health practitioners from Invercargill and rural Southland communities attended workshops in schools and other locations in the province, to hear from Victoria University of Wellington lecturer Chris Bowden, who sp

Clutha-Southland MP Todd Barclay has welcomed a funding increase of $31 million for the Southern District Health Board as part of Budget 2017. Health Minister Dr Jonathan Coleman has announced that the Southern DHB will receive an extra $31 million in new money this year, taking the DHB’s total fund

Quit now – it’s about whānau is the message for this year’s World Smokefree Day on Wednesday 31 May, and it starts in Southern homes and communities. The Smokefree team at Southern DHB is encouraging people who smoke to make the most of the occasion and stop for good.  It’s a message local artist Ca