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Around 440,000 New Zealanders aren't enrolled to vote — and the deadline to fix that is October 25. The Electoral Commission is posting 3.6 million enrolment packs to enrolled voters from August 17 to 22, ahead of the 2026 General Election on November 7. The packs let

Saturday's stacked — FLASHBACK at Speight's, DJ Awhe back at The Loney, The Ave running a full sport smorgasbord with Tasman v Southland, North Harbour v Auckland, Bay of Plenty v Taranaki and Warriors v Rabbitohs on the big screen. Sunday's got the Queens Park

The Data Grid project in Southland, New Zealand, represents a major new digital infrastructure aimed at establishing a world-class, highly efficient data center alongside a critical international subsea cable connection. Led by Remy and his team from Data Grid, the initiative seeks to capitalize on Southland’s favorable climate and

Southland Police are hunting an Invercargill man wanted on burglary and other charges after he breached bail. Lawrence Bennett, 50, is subject to a warrant to arrest. Police have not released details of the specific charges beyond burglary and the bail breach. Police are urging the public not to approach

Invercargill Airport deliberately cut its own power last month to find out what would happen. The answer, it turns out, was worth knowing. The airport ran a planned blackout exercise, pulling mains power from the terminal, control tower and Airport Fire Service to test how critical systems switched to generator

Two separate crashes in Southland have each claimed a life, police have confirmed. A person has died in hospital following a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Grove Bush and Rakahoka Hedgehope Roads on August 10. The crash, involving a truck and a car, was reported at about 5.20pm.

The SBS Bank Southland Stags have named their side to face Tasman in Nelson this Saturday, with Sean Withy to captain the team in the Clarke Dermody Cup clash at Trafalgar Park. Kick-off is 1.05pm on Saturday August 22. Five players are unavailable through injury. Jack Taylor and Caleb

Fish curers and leather tanners are off the hook. The Government is scrapping the so-called 'offensive trades' registration requirement under the 1956 Health Act, ending annual paperwork and fees for hundreds of businesses that have been jumping through a 70-year-old regulatory hoop for no good reason. Regulation Minister