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An innovative pilot programme led by WellSouth Primary Health Network, in partnership with Southern DHB’s Southland Hospital, will help patients get the urgent care they need while reducing pressure on the emergency department. WellSouth and Southern DHB are trialling EmergencyQ, a software solution

They’ve never seen anything like this before in Invercargill. An entire city block within the city centre completely redeveloped with a state-of-the art mall. Even Invercargill Central Ltd project director Geoff Cotton told special guests at the walkthrough on Wednesday night, that undertaking a dev

Candidate nominations, including those for Invercargill City Council and the Bluff Community Board and Invercargill Licencing Trust, open today, Friday 15 July. Council Deputy Electoral Officer and Manager Governance and Legal Michael Morris said the opening of nominations signalled a busy, exciting

If you are out at Daffodil Bay today (Saturday) don’t be surprised if soldiers appear in front of or behind you, Members of the  Invercargill Army Unit are holding a training exercise tomorrow afternoon. Unit spokesman 2nd Lieutenant Paul McCulloch says it will be all go in-spite of the recent wet w

BurgerFuel, in partnership with Citizen Collective, WITHWILD and the Fiordland Wapiti Foundation, has developed special burger, Wild Heart, to challenge perceptions around food waste and aid in conserving the Fiordland National Park. BurgerFuel New Zealand is chipping away at its mission to minimise

Southland District Council will move forward with plans to build a new wharf at Bathing Bay on Ulva Island, and dispose of the existing wharf at Post Office Cove. The existing wharf provides commercial operators and recreational users with the ability to disembark and embark on Ulva Island, a predat

Some big new brands are coming South, plus some existing brands planning to relocate, with Invercargill Central confirming today some of the tenants occupying leases in the new inner city development. Stage one of the development has been set down for June 10 with anchor tenant Farmers and associate

Harold Wilson – once Prime Minister of England – once said “a week is a long time in politics”, I would like to change that to an ‘hour is a long time in politics’. In a few short moments things can change one’s thoughts, and with that, one’s direction in life. That is certainly true […]