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Air New Zealand is losing $5 million a day and is bracing for potentially more job losses saying it needs to slash $150 million more from its wage bill. The national carrier has already ditched 4000 jobs, and some employees have taken a 30 percent pay cut. The company has had more than $70 million [

Southern Institute of Technology (SIT), along with its Agricultural faculty Telford, have collaborated with Agricultural and Forestry industry groups to provide short training courses to allow people who may have lost their employment to quickly retrain for Agricultural and Forestry positions. SIT w

Courses and training in construction, agriculture and community work will be free for the next two-and-a-half years, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Education Minister Chris Hipkins have announced. Ardern also confirmed the Cabinet would next Monday consider the move to alert level 1, and she woul

Careless disposal of hot ashes are believed to have caused a rubbish truck fire in Invercargill yesterday, with the quick thinking of the driver being credited for averting what could have been a deadly incident. Bond Contracts representative Mark Simpson said the wheelie bin truck had only just sta

More than 200 people have had their say on the proposed extra investment in the City Block project, with 10 days left to make a submission. Invercargill City Council is currently consulting the community about whether it should invest an additional $16 million and repurpose $5 million originally all

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says there will still be strict controls on the border, but all current rules and restrictions on businesses and services will be “essentially lifted” under alert level 1. She said the lower alert level will also put an end to restrictions for hospitality businesses, an

New Zealand has now notched up 12 days without a new case of Covid-19, and there is still just one active case. Director General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield has provided an update on the latest figures for Covid-19 in New Zealand. Confirmed and probable cases remains at 1504, with the total numbe

People who use the Milford Road, State Highway 94, should plan for possible delays at the single lane Homer Tunnel after Queen’s Birthday weekend, says Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency. Work is scheduled for Tuesday 2 June to Friday 5 June, 10.30am to 12.30pm and 1.30pm to 4pm daily. The week after,