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Invercargill Airport Chief Executive Nigel Finnerty will be stepping down from his position on August 19 after six years in the role. Mr Finnerty said it was a hard decision to make after successfully leading the airport through a time of significant growth and development. “I don’t have any immedia

Two new business initiatives have come out of Southland Boys High School as part of the Young Enterprise Scheme (YES). Champ Thiagarajan and Lethan Pickett are currently working on an online art gallery  called NzArtsy, that sells and purchases local New Zealand artwork from behind the screen. The s

The Robinhood Stars will host the Elimination Final on Wednesday 8 June after a clinical 68-49 win over the Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel in Auckland on Thursday. The Stars extended their advantage at each of the breaks in a confidence-boosting preparation ahead of meeting either the MG Mystics or

The country’s top junior track cyclists will descend on Invercargill this week for the first round of the National Track Series. The event will be hosted by Cycling Southland, with racing taking place over three days from Friday at the SIT Zero Fees Velodrome at ILT Stadium Southland. As the first m

Local Engineering employers met with Engineering students last week at Southern Institute of Technology (SIT), to facilitate the annual Southland Speed Interviewing Event, which assists students in progressing towards their career aspirations and successfully entering the engineering sector. The Sou

Southland Stags centurion Josh Bekhuis is coming back to Stag Land and will be taking the field once again at Rugby Park. Josh has just come to the end of his season in Japan playing professionally. At 36 years old, with 115 games for the SBS Bank Southland Stags and 110 in Super Rugby, many […]

Update: Invercargill Central fly through video embedded below. It’s barreling along! That’s the state of play with progress on the building of Invercargill Central. whatsoninvers.nz had a walk through with new centre manager Kelvin Mooney through the week. We can only say that we are, and no doubt y

The Southland Sharks will have a new face at the helm on Thursday night following the news that Head Coach Rob Beveridge and Assistant Coach Leyton Haddleton are both isolating due to the Government’s Covid requirements. Veteran Sharks player Andrew Wheeler has taken over coaching duties this week a