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Healthy Pets New Zealand is once again hosting the two-day ‘Dogs Day Out’ event, to give canine owners a chance to learn some new things and have a great day out with their dogs. The event first started in February 2021 and provides dog owners with valuable education, as well as a chance to join […]

Anybody walking into the Spring Into Wellbeing Expo at the Wallacetown Community Centre on Saturday would have felt a sense of calm. And that’s exactly what the organisers Kate Watkinson and Katie Oliver wanted. Many people commented that from the moment they walked into the expo they felt peaceful,

It’s not likely to be a very happy Christmas for Southern Institute of Technology staff and students, as uncertainty looms over the future of the organisation, jobs and courses. It’s appalling that staff and students are living in this information vacuum, but it’s even worse that Te Pūkenga manageme

It will be a big one. The Invercargill Harness Racing Club’s Cup Day takes place on Saturday 17 December and will feature the Ascot Park Hotel Invercargill Cup, a Group 1 race with a stake of $100,000, the first time a Group 1 race has ever been held in Southland. Backing up the Cup will […]

AWS Legal announced Donald McIntosh as the 2022 recipient of the inaugural Stephen Whiteland Memorial Scholarship, on Monday. Formed in honour of Stephen Whiteland, a beloved AWS Legal staff member and friend who sadly passed away in May 2021, the scholarship was awarded in collaboration with Steve’

Invercargill City Council has again been affirmed as having an AA+ Stable credit rating by international credit rating agency Fitch Ratings. A corporate credit rating is an assessment of a company’s creditworthiness. The credit rating helps investors or lenders determine the risks and the organisati

The best fundraiser ‘par none’ is happening at the Invercargill Golf Club this Friday. Southland Business Chamber events manager Leanne Humphrey came up with the idea of dropping 1500 golf balls from a helicopter into the middle of the green  – to raise money for the Southland Young Enterprise Schem

Police are currently in attendance of a crash on State Highway 6 near Ryal Bush, Southland District. Police and emergency services responded to a crash involving a car and a truck at approximately 3.50pm. No one was injured in the crash. Both lanes are currently closed with diversions in place along