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Southern steampunkers have been invited to help run the Steampunk New Zealand festival in Oamaru this Queen’s Birthday weekend. The Southern Society of Steampunk Steamologists recently held its annual Teapot Racing carnival in Queen’s Park, and it has proved so popular that Oamaru organisers want th

Single transferable vote (STV) or First Past the Post (FPP)?  The Invercargill public will soon get to decide how they want to vote at the next elections in 2025. Take our poll/survey http://bit.ly/3TVDSHv But the Invercargill City Council will be consulting on this pretty swiftly as they have to ma

Invercargill police officers were called to Esk Street at approximately 3:15 pm after reports of youths carrying what appeared to be a firearm. As a precautionary measure, armed police officers were sent to the scene and conducted a thorough sweep of Esk Street and the Invercargill Central shopping

An Invercargill soldier was honoured on Friday March 3rd with a special commemoration involving special guests including former All Black Sir Buck Shelford. Invercargill City Council, South Alive, and the Awarua RSA came together to honour the memory of Peter Scully, alongside his family, former May

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