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Head Coach Scott Eade has named his squad to take on Waikato at Rugby Park Invercargill this Sunday at 2.05pm. Gates open 1.20pm. Adults are $20 and two kids under 14 go free with each adult. The round celebrates our Southland clubs, with fans encouraged to swap out

Christopher Luxon has survived a caucus confidence vote and is pushing his party toward the November 7 election. The National leader faced his caucus this morning and emerged with their backing intact. He was brief about it — 52 seconds in front of media — and made clear he considers the matter

Two hundred and fifty student projects. Forty years. And for the first time, the sponsors are competing too. The NZAS Southland Science and Technology Fair opens to the public this Wednesday, marking four decades of the region's biggest student science event. Running August 11 to 14 at a

Free local TV is quietly winning back New Zealanders — and Netflix is paying the price. New research from NZ On Air shows total TV reach, combining linear broadcast and local on-demand platforms, has edged out global video sharing platforms like YouTube and TikTok as the most-used type of media across

A coroner is warning against the Kiwi "do-it-yourself" instinct after a Southland man was killed felling trees at an Invercargill property in May 2021. Edwin Coulter, 54, was struck by a falling treetop while working eight metres off the ground using a pruning belt and chainsaw. He had

A person is in hospital with serious to critical injuries after a truck and car collided at a Mabel Bush intersection northeast of Invercargill on Monday evening. Emergency services were called to the intersection of Grove Bush Woodlands Road and Rakahouka Hedgehope Road about 5:35pm. Police, Fire and Emergency

A freak technical fault almost certainly cost Cormac Buchanan a podium at the British Grand Prix. The 19-year-old Southlander qualified eighth at Silverstone — matching his career best — and was running with the front group when his bike began overheating from the moment the lights went out. A suspected tear-off from

Invercargill MP Penny Simmonds has welcomed a decision to fast-track approval of the Hananui Aquaculture Project off Stewart Island (Rakiura), saying it will provide a massive boost for the local economy. "Once it's fully operational, this aquaculture project will produce over 14000 tonnes of salmon per year,