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Tuatapere's 110-year-old railway station is open again — this time as a café, bakery and visitor hub. The refurbished station was officially reopened on Saturday, with Southland District Mayor Rob Scott, Tuatapere Te Waewae Community Board chair Anne Horrell and Tuatapere Railway and Heritage Trust member Wayne Edgerton cutting

Judy Geary has spent 28 years volunteering at the Wyndham and Districts Community Rest Home. On Saturday, Southland District Council made it official. Mayor Rob Scott presented Geary with a Community Service Award from the council and the Waihōpai Toetoe Community Board, recognising what amounts to roughly 330 board meetings

Invercargill City Council's management team has toured Southern Institute of Technology's campus — and left with a clearer picture of what the institute can offer both the city and its own 400-plus workforce. Hosted by SIT chief executive Bharat Guha and senior leaders including Trish Lindsay, Nick

The Ascot Park Hotel Steel have advanced to their first Grand Final in eight years after an all-the-way 60-54 win over the VIP Frames & Trusses Tactix in the Elimination Final in Invercargill on Sunday. The Steel will meet Minor Premiers GoSweetSpot Mystics in the season-decider in Auckland next Saturday

When Michael Cockroft answers a question, sends a message or orders food, he has to do it a little differently from other Invercargill fathers - entirely with his eyes. Following a diagnosis of motor neurone disease (MND) seven years ago, Cockroft has also set his sights on storytelling and beating

There is certainly no shortage of activity around Invercargill at the moment, with new stores opening, familiar names relocating and several major fit-outs well underway. This week saw a significant milestone as Plaza SuperValue on Yarrow Street officially relaunched as FreshChoice Plaza. The refreshed supermarket marks another chapter for the

Stan Larsen spent 37 years teaching engineering at SIT. Last Wednesday, his colleagues finally said goodbye. Larsen, who is "comfortably into my 80s", was farewelled at a staff morning tea on June 10 after retiring from the Southern Institute of Technology, where he has taught pre-trade engineering, apprentices

A factory in Riverton is selling around one million pāua shells a year to Chanel, Cartier and the Sultan of Oman — and still can't keep up with demand. Ocean Shell Ltd, based on a quiet street in the small Southland town, processes and exports pāua shells alongside mother