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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

Following the success of last year’s Stop Three Waters roadshow, the Taxpayers’ Union is embarking on a new four-week nationwide roadshow to address the concerns of ratepayers and councils regarding the government’s proposed replacement to the Resource Management Act. The roadshow, titled “Hands Off

Watch the New Zealand Taxpayers Union’Hands Off Our Homes’ Invercargill Meeting Friday 2nd June at the Invercargill Workingmen’s Club and find out why your elected representatives, Federated Farmers and the Taxpayers’ Union oppose the costly resource management reforms. I even got up and made a stat

The Burt Munro Challenge is excited to announce that it will host a round of the New Zealand Superbike Championship on 10-11 February 2024 at Teretonga Park in Invercargill, along with established classes, within the event programme. However, the Challenge will no longer include the traditional stre

Sad news from the Death’s column with the passing of one of Invers most well known people in business and all round character, Dennis O’Brien of Rice’s Refrigeration fame, or just plain Rice’s. According to a Wares New Zealand article by Mervyn Robertson, the Rices dynasty started in 1895 when Oswal