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Southland artist Danny Owen has been awarded the contract to replace the much-loved 25-year-old landmark with a new sculpture designed to stand proudly for the next 30 years. Latest News Loading... A treasured part of the town for more than two decades, the original statue had well exceeded its intended

A teenager has been arrested in Invercargill for sending bomb threats to organisations across New Zealand. Southland Police executed a search warrant at a residential address yesterday afternoon, acting on information from Auckland-based detectives. Latest News Loading... The teenage boy was taken into custody without incident and charged with two

Petsmart.nz on the corner of Deveron & Spey Streets is Invercargill’s locally owned “pet food specialists”, offering one of the biggest ranges of premium quality food for cats, dogs, birds, rabbits and guinea pigs. 🐶🐱🐰🐦 With more than 12 leading premium pet food brands and over 20 varieties of

Charli Gardiner-Hall is winning gold medals while studying for her degree online. The 18-year-old para-athlete took gold at the Oceania Athletics Championships in Darwin last week, setting new New Zealand records in the process. She also tops the 2026 world rankings in discus for her classification. Gardiner-Hall chose to study

Needing extra time to find a winner, in a first for the season, Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel edged a gallant Avis Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic 56-53 in a drama-filled and intense outing in Dunedin on Saturday. With the scores tied 51-all at the end of regular time, extra

More than 650 secondary school students descended on Southern Institute of Technology last Friday to see what happens after school ends. The open day at Hansen Hall showcased SIT's 190-plus courses across everything from electrical and automotive to beauty therapy and nursing. Students from 30 schools across the

The New Zealand Rally Championship returns to the roads of Southland in July when the Barry Robinson Memorial Rally Southland takes place. Organised by the Eastern Southland Car Club the event will take place on Saturday 18 July with a ceremonial start scheduled for Friday 17 July at Invercargill Central

New World is dumping its Clubcard for a new rewards scheme that works across three supermarket chains. Club+ launches June 15, combining New World, PAK'nSAVE and Four Square into a single customer platform for the first time. The move reflects how most people already shop — bouncing between different