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Fifteen–year old Invercargill driver, Alex Crosbie, has maintained his impressive form following up his third place finish in the 2021/2022 South Island Formula 1600 Championship with a great start to the New Zealand Formula Ford Championship at Taupo Motorsport Park last weekend. Crosbie, who secur

Exclusive – by Special Affairs Correspondent whatsoninvers.nz can reveal that there has been notable activity by Russian interests off the southern coast. Our enquiries which have been backed up by eye witness accounts reveal that the activities have been going on for a period of months but largely

Deputy Mayor Nobby Clark is not one to usually change his mind – but life is full of surprises. Come Friday, he won’t be signing off the job next to Sir Tim Shadbolt as planned, but carrying on life as usual. The Mayor was about to lose his fourth deputy in five years, but somehow […]

Police continue to investigate a burglary, which occurred at a rural property in Colac Bay on Thursday morning. At around 8am the owner has come across a group of people on the property attempting to steal fuel. The owner has approached the group and been threatened with a firearm. The firearm was n

The Invercargill Licensing Trust’s restaurants and bar sales are down 23.3% and 30.7% respectively in the past month, compared to the same period in 2021. Chief executive Chris Ramsay said, in a report the board, that there was still a fear in the community of avoiding restaurants and bars to be saf

Take out the ‘North’ in Northland and replace it with ‘South’, that’s where Bunnings NPC fans will see Highlanders Midfielder Scott Gregory play in 2022. The 19 cap Highlander and ‘Man of the Match’ last weekend against the Blues, will make the move South and will be joining the SBS Bank Southland S

The Government’s drought declaration for the South, is big on talk, but small on funding support, Invercargill MP Penny Simmonds says. “While I’m pleased that the Agriculture Minister has recognised the hardship local farmers are experiencing, by declaring a medium-scale adverse drought event, I don

Environment Southland has taken the unprecedented step of issuing a Water Shortage Direction covering the whole of Southland. The direction, which will initially be in place for 14 days, directs that irrigation water takes are required to cease immediately. Environment Southland chief executive Rob