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Update 4.10pm SH1 Bluff highway is now open. For the second consecutive day, State Highway 1 between Invercargill and Bluff has been disrupted due to a crash involving a truck and another vehicle near Greenhills, Invercargill. Update: Fatal Collision on Bluff Highway, Greenhills, Results in One Deat

UPDATE 3:35pm: Highways South confirm the road is now open. A truck rollover has caused the closure of SH1 Bluff Highway at Greenpoint, south of Greenpoint Road. Related: Second Crash in Two Days Halts Traffic on State Highway 1 The accident happened around 2 pm. and no injuries have been reported.

Invercargill has the worst waste minimisation results in the country, and the council wants Waste Net to get cracking on action plans. At the Invercargill City Council’s infrastructure meeting yesterday, councillors talked about demanding answers from the city’s household waste service provider. It

Liam MacDonald of Invercargill was awarded the Southland Sports Car Club Champions Trophy for the tenth time at the club’s 2022/2023 prizegiving at Teretonga Park on Monday night. MacDonald won his first Club Championship in 2013 and since then has won it every year apart from 2017. In the recently

JJ’s Southland is moving after 63 years to a new purpose-built  state-of-the-art tractor and machinery sales and service centre, at the Lorneville roundabout. Group marketing manager Kari Graber said the new building will be far bigger and allow the company future growth as well as more display area

The biggest franchise video store in Australasia is finally closing its doors after 39 years. United Video South City Invercargill will no longer be renting DVD’s from Friday May 26, and begin to start selling off all of its titles – with 80,000 in stock. Three years ago the business started downsiz

Rugby Southland has unveiled the highly-anticipated 2023 Southland Stags squad, comprising 38 talented players who will compete in the upcoming Bunnings Warehouse NPC starting this August. The squad features a blend of seasoned veterans and promising newcomers, aiming to make their mark in this pres

A Winton volunteer described as “the epitome of community service” has been honoured with a Community Service Award by the Oreti Community Board and Southland District Council. Guy Johnstone was presented with the award by Oreti Community Board chair Colin Smith and Southland District Deputy Mayor C