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Southland District Council has expanded its community facilities maintenance contracts from 16 to 22, opening the door to more local contractors across the district. The new contracts were awarded after a registration of interest process last year drew 49 tenders. Evaluations ran through February, with further negotiations on scope and

Police are investigating after a person was found unresponsive at a residential address in Kew, South Invercargill on Wednesday evening. The person was taken to hospital in a critical condition. Officers spoke with others at the address overnight, and a scene guard remained in place. Police say there is no

The Southland Sharks beat the Canterbury Rams 103-98 on Saturday, a result that came down to which side could string together the bigger quarters — and it was Southland who answered that question twice. Neither team was at full strength. The Sharks were without Sam Timmins, an MVP candidate, while the

Let Kids Be Kids These School Holidays With Kidzone no longer operating, many Southland parents are wondering what there is for children to do these school holidays. For Gareth and Katie, founders of True in Nature, the answer is simple: Get Children Back Outside and Back to Basics. Their nature-based

A Tokanui man has been sentenced to 12 months' home detention after being convicted on 35 charges for repeatedly discharging agricultural effluent into the Tokanui Stream. Andrew Wright was sentenced in the Invercargill District Court after the charges — all in breach of the Resource Management Act — arose from the

Two Japanese players from the Saitama Panasonic Wild Knights will join the Southland Stags for the 2026 NPC season, extending a sister-city relationship between Invercargill and Kumagaya City that has been running since 1993. Hayata Taniyama and Takaya Saito, both from the Wild Knights, are heading south — adding experience and

Invercargill’s Deputy Mayor Grant Dermody will represent the city council on the Local Democracy Enhancement Working Party. The ICC decided this afternoon (June 30) to approve principles in guiding the proposal for the Government’s ‘Head Start’ process, alongside the Southland reorganisation process with Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ.

An Invercargill signage company is doing work at Queenstown Airport, one of the South Island's busiest transport hubs. Creation Signs is currently undertaking signage work at the airport as part of a long track record of delivering projects across New Zealand. General Manager Riki Shuttleworth said regional infrastructure