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Southern Institute of Technology Nursing students, Ebony Sherry and Courtney Bond have been using their experiences in health education to inspire the next generation into a health-related career for the benefit of rural New Zealand. SIT Nursing Programme Manager, Karyn Madden, said the opportunity

Hundreds of sick people in Southland give up waiting in emergency departments and leave without treatment every month, National’s MP for Invercargill Penny Simmonds says. “Data revealed to National shows that 313 people in Southland left the ED without being seen or treated during the month of May 2

South Port New Zealand’s diversified trade mix has secured an improved annual result for the operator of the Bluff Port in Southland, despite supply chain disruption to containerised trade and an ongoing fluctuation in the log trade. Total operating revenue from Port services has increased by 2.7% t

The development of more than 14km of multi-use trail in Te Anau has been given the go ahead, with consent officially granted for the extension of the Fiordland Trails Trust’s trail network. The trail extension will run from the Upukerora River trail bridge, on Milford Road, to Boundary Creek, just s

Invercargill career fire fighters are breathing a sigh of relief now that the Internal Affairs Minister Jan Tinetti has brought FENZ and the NZ Professional Firefighters Union together to enter facilitated mediation. Invercargill station manager and union representative Aaron Ramsey said having the

Construction of The Hawthorndale Care Village project in Invercargill is set to begin in October 2022. Hawthorndale Care Village Charitable Trust Working Group Member Paddy O’Brien said detailed design work was being completed and site work would get underway in early October on the $35 million proj

Groundswell NZ’s ‘Say No’ campaign over the Auckland Harbour Bridge today was deliberately kept quiet from media until the 11th hour, so the group could go about its protest in peace. Some media have been trying to link the farming lobby group, which started in Southland, to anti-Government conspira

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