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Scarlett Polley is loving the move into Wrens with her new interior design business. Having worked in soft furnishings in H&J Smiths up until it closed, she seized the opportunity to go out on her own, and created Scarlet Rose Interiors in August 2023. Initially working from home as a mobile showroo

Like pasta is to Italy, so is the Bluff Oyster to Southland, and a new strategy shows how Southland could become a food travellers’ paradise – just like the European nation. The Southland Murihiku Food Tourism Strategy released this week has been created by Great South, based on analysis undertaken

A lucky Lotto player from Waihi will be celebrating after winning $1 million with Lotto First Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. The winning ticket was sold at Paper Plus Waihi & Toyworld in Waihi. Powerball was not struck this evening and has rolled over to Wednesday night, where the jackpot wi

Do you want to feel at your best, detoxify your body, lose weight and rejuvenate? Then it might be time to make an appointment with R&R Massage n Infrared Sauna. R&R Massage offers the only publicly available infrared 3-in-1 sauna in Southland, and now’s an excellent time to give it a try! You can b

Southland Fish and Game Field Officer Cohen Stewart outlines the trout fishing prospects for the 2017/18 season. In Southland, trout fishing options abound and the season ahead is shaping up to be a good one. Anglers will have noticed that river flows were uncharacteristically stable over winter wit

Mal’s Monday Music Memory-Queen’s Birthday Special….What better than to have a good dollop of Queen on this special day, and to think this clip is over 30 years old! Still sounds better than ever. Queen doing what they did best, deliver a little bit of magic!

Over the last week Ascot Park Hotel Brass Band participated in the New Zealand Brass Band Championships in Wellington. They got 6th overall. 7th = in hymn. 6th in test and 6th in own choice.   Highlight results are Junior Euphonium (Jim Rafferty Cup) Daniel Chow, The Devon Hotel New Plymouth Brass (

Southland-born and New Zealand-listed artist Caley Hall sold a painting within the first week of opening his public studio in Invercargill’s City Centre and says he is enjoying the public interaction the location offers. Last week a classroom of primary school children were peering through the large