The Y Southland, in collaboration with community funders and Active Southland, has launched the Community Connector, a trailer equipped with brand new functional fitness equipment and active play experiences. The trailer will be taken into communities throughout Southland and provide free opportunit
Stead Street in Invercargill to Reopen with Two Lanes on October 10, Announces Environment Southland Stead Street, a key traffic artery in Invercargill, will reopen to two lanes of traffic on Tuesday, October 10, according to an update from Paul Hulse, the General Manager of Integrated Catchment Man
Local charity Learning Differences Aotearoa Trust has seen an 85% increase in enquiries over the past year, it says is in part due to increased awareness of neurodiversity. The trust, who run support programmes for tamariki, rangatahi and adults with dyslexia is receiving emails from all over the wo
The Bluff Rangatahi Zone, a free youth festival held for three days in Bluff during the school holidays, is returning for its second year. The festival is a tribute to the four local teenagers who were tragically killed in a car accident last year. The Tuurama Trust is hosting the free three-day fes
They came with signs and picketed at The Crescent in Invercargill for better pay – some Awanui lab workers are only getting minimum wage. In Wellington they are also protesting outside Awanui’s big Co-Lab sector forum, and are looking for all the support they can get. Union representative Karen Eliz
The Southland Museum and Art Gallery Board, freshly appointed to independently oversee the museum’s collection, convened for their inaugural meeting. This significant development in the governance of the institution transpired following a comprehensive review process in 2021 and 2022, culminating in
Gore Police have executed 19 search warrants and filed 37 charges against seven people as part of an effort to target and disrupt offending involving firearms. This operation targeted a number of individuals identified as being allegedly unlawfully possessing and supplying firearms in the eastern So
A parade through Invercargill’s inner-city, to celebrate Southland Boys’ High School’s historic win in the New Zealand Barbarians 1st XV National championships, has been cancelled because of temperamental weather. Southland Boys’ High School came from behind to beat Westlake Boys’ and take out the p
