Community

Community Trust South has a new board member. Erin Moogan has been appointed to the trust, which manages investment portfolios and distributes grants across Southland and the wider region. The appointment is one of 25 made across nine of New Zealand's 12 community trusts, announced by Associate Finance

Career firefighters in the south continue to strike twice a week, and today marks the 60th time they will stand on the street corner in Invercargill. But there's been a new change of guard in the Southern branch of the New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union (NZPFU) with Brent

Part of Queens Park remains closed after yesterday's strong winds caused damage to the area around the Band Rotunda. Invercargill City Council has shut Coronation Avenue between the Peter Pan statue and the Band Rotunda, as well as the pathway from the Duck Pond Bridge to the Band

The Y Southland wants 150 stories to mark 150 years — and it's asking Southlanders to help find them. The organisation, formerly the Invercargill YMCA, has launched a campaign called 150 Faces of The Y, calling on the community to nominate people who have shaped the not-for-profit since it

Invercargill won't be getting a Māori ward. Councillors voted against it this week, and the push from local iwi to leave things as they are made it an easy call. Council manager Michael Morris told the meeting that feedback from Te Rūnaka o Awarua and Waihōpai Rūnaka was

More than 13,000 caps. One good cause. And a pop-up shop that's probably unlike anything Invercargill Central has hosted before. The Rotary Club of Invercargill Charitable Trust has been gifted an enormous collection of caps from an estate — 13,000-plus of them — and rather than let them

Southlanders are going all out for Daffodil Day this year, and the Cancer Society event has transformed into a month-long event over the years. Otago Southland Cancer Society southern community manager Gavin Booth said the great thing about Daffodil Day is that Southlanders get behind the cause every year. Cafes,

The first residents have moved into Peacehaven Village's new villas, marking a tangible turning point in a redevelopment that has been more than a year in the making. Several owners shifted into their new homes this month, with all six completed villas either sold or under offer. Enliven