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Organisers of Southland’s Multicultural Food Festival are on the look out for some fresh new flavours for next month’s annual event.  But be in quick, last minute registrations close 27th February. With 55 stalls already locked in at Stadium Southland on March 21 - there is still room

The future of Invercargill’s Rugby Park stadium and grounds is safe for now. Invercargill City Councillors agreed at the Community and Regulatory Committee meeting on Tuesday 17th, to include a proposal to invest in refurbishing the facility in the upcoming Long-term Plan 2027-2037. All remedial work including earthquake strengthening

Hospice Southland has thanked event organiser Scott Whitaker after a successful charity golf day brought the Southland community together in support of hospice care. Par for Purpose, held on Friday, 13 February 2026, united local golfers, businesses and community leaders for a day focused on raising funds and awareness. The

Graffiti artist ‘The Clap’ - now known as Kieran Todd Burtenshaw, claims there are others around the city that he’s been taking the rap for. Between August 2022 and 2023, dozens of buildings were targeted, but surprisingly, since Kieran was first charged by police back in August 2023, the

The Bluff Garden Show is on again this weekend, the 14th/15th February, at the Senior Citizens Centre, Cnr Onslow & Barrow Street’s in Bluff. The show will be open to the public on Saturday from 10.00am until 4.00pm and then on Sunday from 10.00am until

Bluff’s popular annual Summer Sounds concert will take place from 2pm on Sunday 15 February at the Bluff Oyster Festival site on Barrow Street, Bluff. The Oyster Festival site is the latest venue for the event which Bluff Promotions had originally taken to the Gunpit on Bluff Hill until

Southlanders are always up for a challenge, and the latest one is a goodie. Picture 12 first responders running along Oreti Beach and then through the city to Queens Park carrying a Stokes Basket full of cash - during the Surf to City event in March. The exact amount will

‘Geek Out For Good’ organisers are stoked with the acknowledgement from the I Am Hope charity after donating door sales from its inaugural event in December. Southland’s first nerd convention featured a massive range of collectibles from all over the region, including comics, lego and sports trading cards. Co-organiser