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Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited today revised the forecast for its 2022/23 New Zealand milk collections to 1,480 million kilograms of milk solids (kgMS), down from its previous forecast of 1,495 million kgMS. Fonterra last reduced its 2022/23 milk collections forecast in early September. Fonterr

Fire and Emergency New Zealand is hopeful for settlement of a collective agreement with the New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union (NZPFU) after receiving recommendations made by mediator/facilitator Graeme Colgan. This is an outcome of the facilitated mediation process that took place between

Saturday night will be rock n roll night as we celebrate the Platinum anniversary of  the Southland Rock n Roll Hall of Fame at the Ascot Park Hotel. The show was to feature 4 of Southland’s top bands from the 60’s and 70’s but sadly they’ve had to drop to three due to Dave Kennedy […]

The New Zealand men’s team pursuit finished a blink away from qualifying for the bronze medal ride on the opening day of the UCI Track cycling World Championships in Paris. After qualifying fifth fastest, they were chasing the fourth fastest time in the first round of the 4000m event to earn a ride

Two inspiring Southland women have joined together to offer a ‘Spring Into Wellbeing Expo’ for the community to thrive after a tumultuous few years. Katie Oliver and Kate Watkinson have brought together many natural health practitioners to offer their expertise, products and services at the Expo on

The 39th Yunca Junior Tour of Southland took place over the weekend, with close to 140 of the country’s top junior cyclists taking to the roads around Invercargill and Bluff over three days and six stages. In the U13 girls race, Kendra Gray proved untouchable, taking out the yellow jersey, the Road

After almost eight years at the helm, Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel and Netball South chief executive Lana Winders is calling full time. Winders will leave the organisation on 30 November to take up a role with family business, Forde Winders Shearing Contractors. “It is a deliberate reduction in w

Invercargill ratepayers are coming to grips with a city without long-serving mayor Sir Tim Shadbolt at the helm. He was ousted by first-term councillor and deputy mayor Nobby Clark in a decisive victory that was announced less than two hours after polls closed. It was a win that nearly didn’t happen