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The Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) held the Award Ceremony on Tuesday evening, December 3 at the Civic Theatre in Invercargill, with many women receiving awards for their excellent contribution within the trades sector. Certificate in Pre-trade Joinery student Nicola Brunold is a hands-on cr

A message from Gerry Forde, Leader of Spirit Army, This Christmas we’ve seen three family breakups, a beating and a suicide attempt. Christmas is a time of mental exhaustion for struggling families, every problem is 10 times worse, they are under the pump.” Gerry Forde, leader of Spirit Army Everyon

Invercargill City Libraries and Archives are inviting one and all to a party at the Library right before the Santa Parade. The party, to be held on Saturday 30 November, will celebrate the beginning of the annual Summer Reading Challenge, a popular Library activity. Customer Experience Manager Cynth

A fundraising campaign has been launched to help fund an innovative care facility in Invercargill that could become the cornerstone of elderly care in New Zealand. The Hawthorndale Care Village, which will be developed on the former Hawthorndale School site on Tay Street, will incorporate community-

This year’s Southland Diwali Festival of Lights is set to be bigger and better than ever before, with hundreds of people expected to converge upon ILT Stadium to celebrate the start of the Indian New Year. The festival, which is hosted by Indian Community Southland Incorporated, sponsored by More FM

Plans for a transitional museum and art gallery in Invercargill are coming together with the space expected to open in early 2020. The public space showcasing Southland/Murihiku heritage and art is being developed as a collaboration between Southland Museum and Art Gallery (SMAG) and the Invercargil

Despite confirmation that New Zealand’s 16 polytechnics will merge into a single entity in 2020, it is business as usual at the Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) from 2020 and beyond. Students who wish to study at SIT are assured that multi-year programmes are safe to enrol in, with the Governm

A plan to develop a charity hospital in Southland is being launched tonight. The plan was first floated by Southland farmer Blair Vining, and his wife Melissa. Mr Vining, 39, has campaigned for better cancer care since being diagnosed with terminal bowel cancer last October. The plan will be launche