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Inter-regional travel should provide Southland tourism with a lifeline once it gets underway under Level 2. Great South chief executive Graham Budd said families that would otherwise be heading overseas for holidays this year may just decide to venture south instead. “So that’s another pool of expen

Work and Income appears to have spent decades wrongly advising some benefit applicants that they cannot get support until their redundancy has run out. Work and Income admitted on Friday it had made an error after it rejected the benefit claim of Mary, an Auckland hotel worker, due to her Covid-19 r

The Ministry of Health has announced no new COVID-19 cases in the Southern district today. The region’s total remains 216, with four active cases, 210 now recovered and two deceased. In the Southern district it has now been 27 days since a new case was reported.

It’s Thursday and the Covid Lockdown shackles are off, well not fully off but have certainly been relaxed. Many Southerners have taken advantage of the many click and collect offerings that became available at level 3. But from today it’s shopping nearly as we knew it before Covid-19 darkened our do

New Zealand coworking industry association, Coworking Aotearoa, is welcoming the return of coworking in Level 2, saying it will help boost businesses and support local economies. The members of Coworking Aotearoa, a Facebook group of over 200 coworking owners and managers, have been supporting each

Health funding of $78.9 million is heading south after the Budget 2020 announcement. Over four years this will provide the Southern District Health Board with an extra $315.5 million to meet the needs of residents in the DHB catchment – which includes Invercargill, Fiordland, Queenstown Lakes, Centr

The government will unveil the 2020 Budget at 2pm today. This year’s Budget will be focussed on the response to Covid-19. It’s titled ‘Rebuilding Together’ and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern signalled that it will have a strong emphasis on creating jobs. Finance Minister Grant Robertson has said the

The Southern district is probably at its lowest point of risk of Covid-19 since the first case was reported, medical officer of health Dr Susan Jack said today. Testing of more than 2,500 asymptomatic people, all with negative results, has given assurance that there is no community transmission. Dr