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Southland conceived-and-made short film, The Ballad of Maddog Quinn, is currently taking the creative talents of Southlanders – Filmmaker Matt Inns and Production Designer Steve Woller – to the world as it clocks up a number of key selections and screenings on the international film festival circuit

Robbies Pickles has done it again – winning another Outstanding New Zealand Food Producer Gold award for the second year in a row. Josie Robinson is the owner of Robbies by Mrs Pickles in Gore, and as well as winning gold for her peach and ginger chutney, the company’s traditional pickled onions won

A man has been arrested in connection with a burglary that occurred at the Otatara Four Square convenience store around midnight on Saturday, 25 March. The perpetrator gained access to the property by using a vehicle. Southland Area Investigation Manager, Detective Senior Sergeant Greg Baird, stated

Stats NZ has just published the sentencing data for 2022, which has allowed me to compare it to the Police data on recorded offending. It tells a massive story about a soft on crime approach that has seen violent offending soar, yet prosecutions, convictions and imprisonments fall. Now comparing off

New data shows rents in Invercargill and Southland have increased dramatically under Labour. MBIE’s Tenancy Services Rental Bond Data for January 2023 shows that median Invercargill rents now sit at $365 a week, up $165, or 83 percent, from 2017 when Labour took office. Across Southland rents have g

Talented sixteen–year old Invercargill racing driver, Alex Crosbie, has won the 2023 NAPA Auto Parts New Zealand Formula Ford Championship. It is the second year in succession that Crosbie has won the title, a rare feat. Crosbie, a Year 12 student at Southland Boys High School, sealed the title at E

Three All Black legends are hitting the road from Queenstown to Invercargill to raise money for the Westpac Rescue Helicopter. Former All Blacks captain and Westpac ambassador Richie McCaw will join fellow 2011 World Cup winners Mils Muliaina and Jimmy Cowan on the annual 250km Westpac Chopper Appea

Greater accuracy across the game propelled Avis Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic to a hard-fought 54-49 win over a plucky Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel in Invercargill on Saturday. Clinching a thrilling extra-time one-goal win last week, the Magic made it a second straight win but facing a rejuvenated