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Mike & About: Three Waters Petition Rally at invercargill City Council, last Thursday. I chat to Laurie Paterson and Logan Evans from Groundswell NZ.Read more 👉 whatsoninvers.nz/vocal-crowd-at-three-waters-petition-rally-full-video

Deputy Mayor Nobby Clark has gained the support he needs from four other councillors to file another Notice of Motion pushing for council to join the ‘Communities 4 Local Democracy’ breakaway group. The group is in opposition to the proposed 3 Waters reform and already made up of 31 other councils a

Southland Sports Car Club volunteer Greg McLeod is an example of just how valuable volunteers are to clubs. When his employer Purdue Bros. decided to send one of their trucks to motor race meetings at Teretonga Park near Invercargill to help with incident recovery sixteen years ago Greg, who had onl

Southland Gymnastics recently announced its team for 2022, and includes two Southern Institute of Technology students who are hoping to excel at the national competition in less than a month, at ILT Stadium, Invercargill. Bailey Keepin, first-year Bachelor of Architecture student, and Lewis Thomson,

A craft market at the Bluff Town Hall on the main street of Bluff will take place Today (Saturday 25 June) from 9am until 1pm. Bluff Promotions are organising the event which will feature a wide variety of items including knitwear, jewellery, steampunk spiders, photography, plants, candles and plent

The Government has failed Southland’s meat industry with its unrealistic immigration settings, which have created labour shortages, and are now affecting our exporting ability. The Meat Industry Association says meat exports are down a massive 11 percent this quarter, from the same time last year, a

Another even bigger and better Murihiku Matariki Festival is underway in Queens Park this coming long weekend. Organised and funded by the Tūturu Trust for the past four years, the festival is an accumulation of ideas by local art workshop facilitator Sharne Parkinson. “This festival has been my bra

Fonterra today lifted its 2022/23 forecast Farmgate Milk Price range to NZ$8.75-$10.25 per kgMS, up from NZ$8.25-$9.75 per kgMS. This increases the midpoint of the range, which farmers are paid off, by 50 cents to $9.50 per kgMS. Fonterra Chief Executive Miles Hurrell says the lift in the forecast m