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Brendon Leitch and Sergio Pires have jumped into the lead of the GT World Challenge Australia championship after a dominant weekend at Queensland Raceway. The Geyer Valmont Racing by Tigani Motorsport pair finished third and first across the two 60-minute races at Ipswich, vaulting from fifth in the standings to

Invercargill Airport is getting a new café operator. Jerin Nadar, who runs Salt restaurant and previously operated Main Street Café and Eat on Windsor, will take over the terminal café from Sunday June 28, 2026. The space will be rebranded as Hangar 106 with a refreshed look and updated food

"I am more of a funeral kind of man than a wedding kind of man." These were the opening lines of my dad's speech at my wedding — true story! As we waited with bated breath for the speech to unfold, it was either going to be

Invercargill and Southland mayors are clashing over how the Oreti River should be managed under proposed council reforms, with both citing the waterway as crucial to their preferred governance models. Invercargill Mayor Tom Campbell says his council cannot accept Southland District Council's two-council model because it would separate

SIT has signed up a new Indonesian university partner with 44,000 students. A delegation from Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta visited Invercargill on Sunday May 24 to explore academic partnerships with Southern Institute of Technology. The Indonesian university is one of the country's leading private institutions, offering programmes from

Hospice South has a new way to secure funding forever. The Southland Foundation and Hospice South have launched an endowment fund that will generate returns to support free palliative care across the region for generations. The endowment model pools donations and invests them, distributing returns over time while preserving the

Southern Steel will host the elimination final after beating Canterbury Tactix 56-54 in a thriller at Invercargill on Sunday. The result reversed Steel's 13-goal opening round loss to the Tactix while breaking an 11-game losing streak against their southern rivals. More importantly, it secured home advantage for the

Today's shaping up to be a typical Southland winter's day – a bit of everything. This morning starts mainly dry with increasing cloud, but don't be fooled by the sunshine if it peeks through. Showers are expected to develop this afternoon before easing later this