Junior doctors at Southland Hospital have been providing Awanui Laboratories staff with grocery vouchers and meals to compensate for their low wages. Last week medical registrar Dr Andrew McLachlan gifted head of processing Sue Diack the packages after becoming aware of how poorly they were paid. “T
ILT has appointed two new Trustees to the ILT Foundation Board. Andrew Ward and Mandy (Amanda) Smith have been appointed as independent Trustees following the ILT board meeting last month. This increases the total number of ILT Foundation Trustees to nine. ILT Foundation chair Paddy O’Brien said the
Southland Boys High School’s First XV rugby team is set to celebrate their remarkable double victory with a grand parade. These young champions not only clinched the New Zealand Barbarians 1st XV National Championships but also secured the prestigious Moascar Cup. Related: Historic Victory: Southlan
Robyn Broughton, the figurehead of southern netball has passed away. Broughton, one of this country’s most formidable and highly successful netball coach’s lead the Southern Sting to a string of first place and runner up titles over several years in the Coco-Cola Netball league then National Bank le
Basketball New Zealand (BBNZ) has announced an exciting development for basketball enthusiasts as the 3×3 Men’s and Women’s national teams gear up for a momentous occasion this October. The teams will face off against their Australian counterparts in a brand-new Trans-Tasman series hosted on New Zea
Community Trust South today announced the financial results for the year ending 31 March 2023. It has been a challenging time as both national and global economies continue to respond to Covid-19 impacts and the Russia/Ukraine War. This has impacted on the Trust investment return for 2023 which is -
It was our clubs privilege to have Lindsay Hazely QSM, as our guest speaker at our meeting of 31 October and an absolute pleasure to recognise his 52 years of service as a specialist in the field of Herpetology with a Paul Harris Fellowship*. Lindsay outlined his involvement in the development of th
In a first for Southland, winners of the 2023 Hokonui Fashion Design Awards strutted the catwalk at NZ Fashion Week 2023. About 150 people including several Southlanders attended a runway show, at Auckland’s Viaduct Events Centre on Saturday, and Hokonui Awards Convenor Jacqui McKinney said it was f
