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A recording sponsorship from SIT | Te Pūkenga will provide new opportunities to this year’s Senior and Junior winners of the MLT NZ Gold Guitar Awards highest scoring Gore Country Music Clubs member’s category. They will be able to record a single on SIT Sound’s recently installed, new API 2448 cons

In her 138th and final national league match, long-standing shooter Bailey Mes bowed out in style when her team, Avis Magic, pipped the Ascot Park Hotel Steel 53-52 in a thrilling finale to both teams’ seasons in Invercargill on Sunday. In a riveting contest and with neither team able to change thei

An invitation only energy and innovation expo is on this week at the Ascot Park Hotel featuring some high profile Australasian speakers. Murihiku Regeneration is hosting the expo in conjunction with the Invercargill City Council, and starts today with school teachers invited to Transport World where

The Mahi Toi Bluff Arts Group held their “Bluff – The Introduction Art Exhibition” at the Lighthouse Gallery in Bluff on Sunday and what an introduction it was! It was the group’s first event and a large number of people turned out to admire the many examples of artwork on hand and also to check […]

Police are investigating following a grievous assault on Saturday night. A 36-year-old woman was located with serious injuries outside the Ascot BP service station on Tay Street at around 10.45pm. The woman was taken to hospital and remains in a serious condition. Her injuries are not believed to be

Children all over Southland will be counting down the sleeps, until the day their school attends the annual SIT | Te Pūkenga Kids’ Concerts – a show full of interactive fun and laughter. The concerts have been running since 2003, the brainchild of Dr Sally Bodkin-Allen, who combined her love and kno

Hey everyone! 👋 In today’s video, we’ll be discussing jobs and the advantages/benefits of living in Southland 🏞️ compared to Auckland. We’ll also talk about the exciting upcoming commercial developments, like the hydrogen plant ⚡ And finally, let’s show our support by packing ILT Stadium Southland

Invercargill MP Penny Simmonds says she is shocked and saddened at the proposed closure of the city’s iconic Southland department store H & J Smith, which reflects broader economic concerns in the province. “This news aligns with the warnings Southlanders have heard for months, that rampant inflatio