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An exciting new category and 39 finalists across 17 codes and pursuits have been confirmed for this year’s ILT Southland Sports Awards. For the first time, New Zealand’s longest running regional sports awards are including a Community Impact award to celebrate initiatives which have had a significan

Today’s Cabinet reshuffle has been sparked by the departures of Kris Faafoi and Trevor Mallard. Earlier, it was confirmed Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern would announce some “minor” changes to the Cabinet line-up. Ardern confirmed Faafoi had decided to leave Parliament to be with his family as his you

A man has died following a workplace incident in Kaiwera, Gore this morning. Emergency services were called to the scene about 9.55am. The incident has been referred to WorkSafe, and the man’s death will be referred to the Coroner.

Mooving day has come and gone with the team at AWS Legal seeing a record number of settlements. The first day of winter, mooving day marks the date farming families, shareholders, contract milkers and employees across the region move to new farms. Despite it being just one day, preparation for moovi

Invercargill Mayor Sir Tim Shadbolt is doing his damndest to put the city council’s Legacy Report to bed and move on.  But the Risk and Assurance Committee chair Bruce Robertson said today that it was important that the past 18 months of work done by the council was not “dropped and forgotten.” A re

More than 100 karters flocked to the top of the South Island to drop the flag on the six-stop Mainland Series last weekend. The series began with the Sunbelts Sprint Championship over two days, split between KartSport Nelson in Redwood Valley on Saturday before moving over the Whangamoa Saddle to th

Severe gales for parts of central and southern New Zealand and further heavy snow possible in the far south A strong, unsettled and cold west to southwest flow lies over New Zealand, with several embedded troughs and fronts. Severe weather warnings and watches for strong wind remain in force for par

Gary Templeton’s dedication to his hometown of Tuatapere has been recognised with a Community Service Award. The Tuatapere Te Waewae Community Board, in conjunction with Southland District Council, presented the award to Mr Templeton at a function at the Tuatapere Town and Country Club on Monday 14