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Malloch McClean, a multi-award winning accounting and advisory firm, is thrilled to announce its merger with Rural Business Solutions (RBS) in Gore. This strategic alliance brings together two highly-regarded firms, combining and expanding their range of specialised services, expertise, and resource

Plans for Invercargill’s second new big 4.5 star hotel is progressing well. Structural plans for the new Distinction Hotel have been approved for building consent, and the project is on track to be completed in the second to third quarter of 2024. Project manager Hayden Rankin, of Project South, sai

The SIT | Te Pūkenga Pasifika Open Night is back early this year; in collaboration with Pacific Island Advisory & Charitable Trust (PIACT), to provide Pasifika’s southernmost community with an event informing them on education and training opportunities. Held in a culturally supportive format for th

Government’s Three Waters policy is an asset grab that will confiscate water assets from local communities without compensation – that was the message National’s Local Government spokesperson Simon Watts gave a meeting in Otautau yesterday. (1 June) “The legislation will be reported back to the hous

Today I chat with Invercargill City Councillor Darren Ludlow about how the new council is doing 8 months in. Darren is the longest serving councillor and it was great to sit back and let him talk. And we discuss how only two people in my life call me ‘Michael’ and I freeze or jump as […]

The Langlands won a Gold Award at the New Zealand Commercial Project Awards Gala evening held on Friday night in Auckland. The Master Builders award program establishes the standard for commercial construction in New Zealand and celebrates collaboration and innovation across the building industry. J

Arriving at the Southland RDA there were so many active volunteers, all who had loads of experience with horses. We started with a tour of the facility and then were introduced to the horses and shown around the stalls and how they get ready for a day. But the real show stopper is seeing the […]

A hugely successful fi innovations Southland Open squash tournament was held at Squash City and ILT Stadium Southland over the weekend. The top seeded players prevailed in the men’s and women’s open divisions, albeit in contrasting styles. In the men’s open, Lwamba Chileshe (ranked number two in New