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Labour leader Jacinda Ardern is promising to make Matariki a public holiday if re-elected. Ardern made the pledge to mark the start of the Māori New Year while campaigning in Rotorua this morning. “As I’ve travelled around New Zealand I’ve heard the calls for Matariki to become a public holiday – it

Tickets to a gala dinner set to benefit the Southland Charity Hospital have sold out – just a handful of hours after going on sale. The Aftermatch will be held at spectacular Bill’s Shed venue at Bill Richardson Transport World on October 17. The evening promises to blend lots of laughs, plenty of e

Teenage binge drinking has “dropped off the cliff” in the last 20 years but until now no-one really knew why. A new paper, ‘What explains the decline in adolescent binge-drinking in New Zealand?’ comes up with some answers but the reasons are complicated, surprising and sometimes contradict themselv

The Returned and Services Association has been thrown an economic lifeline from the government. A one-off grant of $2.53 million has been approved so the RSA can continue to pay welfare grants, as well as offer support to veterans. The organisation’s annual poppy day usually collects between $1m and

Invercargill Central Limited is pleased to confirm local company Amalgamated Builders Limited (ABL) has been awarded the construction contract for the block. Invercargill Central Limited considered all factors with the submitted tenders prior to awarding the Contract ABL Regional Director Bruce Midd

Great footage of the ongoing demolition of the city block. This time-lapse video shows Stage 2 of the CBD demolition in Invercargill from 29 April 2020 – 27 May 2020 This time-lapse video shows the incredible progress of the CBD demolition in Invercargill over the last 2 months. As you will see most

The Invercargill City Council will contribute a total of $40.5 million in the city block development, in recognition of the community wellbeing outcomes the project offers. Councillors approved its funding contribution at an extraordinary meeting on Wednesday, 8 June, after a series of funding annou

More than 1.7 million pork meals have been delivered to nearly 570,000 people in need under the New Zealand Government’s food bank initiative. Independent butchers were not allowed to open fully for retail customers under the COVID-19 Alert Level 4 and 3 restrictions, resulting in a surplus of up to