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A petition with more than 3,200 signatures landed on the Gore District Council's table last week, and it signals how charged the debate over flood risk on the Mataura River has become. The signatures were gathered by farming advocacy group Groundswell NZ, which is fighting requirements in

Four people are safe after their vessel capsized north of Stewart Island on Friday, rescued from the water by a passing fishing boat before Coastguard could reach them. Coastguard Riverton volunteers were monitoring channel 16 when a mayday call came through and launched rescue vessel Russel John Chisholm. At the

Invercargill loses an hour of sleep tonight. Clocks spring forward at 2am Sunday, September 27, jumping straight to 3am — and no, you don't get it back until April 4. Daylight saving has been New Zealand's twice-yearly ritual since 1927, when entomologist George Hudson lobbied to shift

A wearable arts show that started inside Enliven Southland's care homes last year is going regional — and moving to a bigger stage to handle the interest. Enliven Southland's Wearable Arts Enliven Style will be held at Bill Richardson Transport World on Thursday October 15, from 2pm

Athena Kent spent years feeling the pull to learn te reo Māori and doing nothing about it. Then she signed herself up, set herself a challenge to finish Level 1, and couldn't stop. She's now preparing to complete a New Zealand Diploma in Te Reo at

It's a busy day in town. The Esk Street Food Market runs from 11am to 3pm, with the street closed to traffic and up to 20 mobile vendors serving food from around the world. Right alongside it, Men's Health Day takes over Invercargill Central from 10am

Today’s Invercargill weather is brought to you by Petsmart — Corner of Deveron & Spey Streets. It’s a milder Saturday on paper, with a Metservice high of 17° and a low of 4°. Around 7am it was about 10° at the airport under a light northerly. Expect partly cloudy

Southland is hosting the South Island's biggest Kī-o-Rahi tournament this weekend — and for the first time, it is not in Christchurch. The South Island Kī-o-Rahi tournament lands at Bain Park in Invercargill today and tomorrow, September 25 and 26, drawing teams from across the South Island in what