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When Christopher Luxon came to town on Saturday, whatsoninvers.nz founder Mike Sanford asked him some questions about the worker crisis, tax, inflation and mandates. After a tour of the Invercargill Central city centre redevelopment, and the Seriously Good Chocolate Factory where he tried his hand a

Severe gale west to southwesterlies possible for coastal parts of Southland and Otago today. Possible heavy rain for Northland from Sunday evening. A front is forecast to move north across the lower South Island this morning. Severe gale west to southwesterlies are possible behind the front along th

Queenstown Police would like to hear from anyone who witnessed a fatal crash on Kingston Road (State Highway 6) last night. The crash involved two vehicles and was reported to emergency services at 6.10pm. One person died following the crash and a second person was airlifted to Christchurch Hospital

One person has died and one person has been critically injured in a crash on Kingston Road, Jacks Point, near Queenstown this evening. Police were advised of the crash, involving two cars, at 6.10pm. Emergency services remain at the scene and traffic management is in place. A serious incident has be

Woodlands Midfielder Matt Whaanga, 24, has recommitted to the SBS Bank Southland Stags for the upcoming Bunnings NPC Season. Whaanga, who made his debut for Southland in 2021, is looking forward to being back in Southland colours once again this season. “It’s been refreshing for me being in the Stag

The 2021/2022 Southland Sports Car Club ClubSport season wrapped up on Sunday with the Evolution Motorsport ClubSport Triathlon at Teretonga Park in Invercargill. The event consisted of a single car Standing ¼ Mile, a Grass Motorkhana and an Autocross event. The event drew a wide variety of vehicles

Southland’s famous graffiti street artist Deow has just finished repainting the massive Cromwell Big Fruit sculpture, and also has a new daughter. It has been a busy few weeks for Danny Owen who had to work sleep-deprived over some of the past seven days, up to 17m high in places, to reach the top l

Whether it’s less stressful shooting a match-winning goal or coaching from the bench, the jury is still out on that one for Jo Morrison. What she does know is Monday’s exhilarating extra-time victory against the Te Wānaga o Raukawa Pulse in Wellington rates as one she won’t forget. Morrison was at t