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A Southland deer and dairy farming couple have taken out the country's top prize for sustainable farming. Michelle and Tony Roberts, of Merino Downs near Gore, were named winners of the Gordon Stephenson Trophy and 2026 National Ambassadors for Sustainable Farming and Growing at a ceremony in Christchurch

The Prime Minister has called it "utterly unbelievable" and the Justice Minister says he is "shocked" — a former Lotto presenter accused of money laundering was paid a full government salary for five years while suspended from his Ministry of Justice job. Russell Harrison, 56, continued drawing

Southland Police have arrested and charged two youth following a ram raid in Otatara, south of Invercargill. About 4.35am on Thursday 2 July, Police were called to Dunns Road after a vehicle had been used to unlawfully enter a commercial premises. The alleged offenders have targeted alcohol and other

The ILT Southland Art Awards are open for entries, with $20,000 in prize money on the table for visual artists from across New Zealand. Now in their third year, the awards are a collaboration between the Invercargill Public Art Gallery and the Southland Art Society. The top prize — the

Keeping Southland Opportunity in Southland Hands As Southland attracts increasing investment and larger projects begin to emerge across the region, Southland-based agency Naked Creative is encouraging businesses to consider whether they are positioned to capitalise on the opportunities ahead. The agency, which has long championed regional development and the success

A plan to turn Kingston into a self-sufficient town of 10,000 people — with its own supermarket, healthcare, jobs and public transport — has been unveiled by the developer behind the lakeside township's expansion. Kingston Village Limited (KVL) is in the early stages of assessing a long-term concept that

Michael Laws is returning to Parliament — or at least trying to. New Zealand First has announced the former Whanganui mayor and Otago Regional Councillor will stand for the party in the Waitaki electorate at the next general election. Laws, who lives in Cromwell with his wife Cheryl, has deep ties

Invercargill's most-visited gallery exhibition is back — and this time it's asking you to show up in your pyjamas. Play, now in its fifth year, opens at the transitional public art gallery on Friday July 3 with a free family night running from 5pm to 7pm. Balloon