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Update from Environment Southland Water Shortage Direction Amendment The Gore District Council is moving to level 2 water restrictions for Gore and Mataura, effective immediately. Level 2 restrictions include: Residents can water vegetable gardens, using any method, between 7:00am – 9:00am or 7:00pm

Great South has appointed Mark Frood as GM Tourism and Events for a fixed term through to June 2023. The appointment is to cover for Bobbi Brown, who is on secondment as project lead for Beyond 2025 Southland, the long-term planning project for the region as part of the Southland Just Transition wor

Rugby and netball are starkly contrasting sporting codes but physiotherapist Andrew Mackintosh is discovering plenty of similarities. Mackintosh has joined the ranks of the Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel this season, tasked with keeping the players in peak shape as the demands of the ANZ Premiershi

Southland District Council has prepared a draft Annual Plan for the coming financial year that continues the increased volume of infrastructure projects outlined in its Long Term Plan 2021- 2031. Council will meet on Tuesday 29 March to consider a report on the Annual Plan for 2022/2023, which inclu

Water restrictions have been introduced throughout Southland district. Low rainfall in Southland district since before Christmas has depleted the levels of Southland rivers, streams, aquifers and lakes. To conserve water, unattended sprinklers or hoses are not allowed to operate anywhere on Southlan

Three local organisations are working together to raise awareness and celebrate neurodiversity in our Southland community. Learning Differences Aotearoa Trust, Autism NZ Southland Branch and Parent to Parent are excited to be working with the Invercargill Public Library to hold a range of activities

The Game Animal Council (GAC) has released a guide for hunters to help them better manage New Zealand’s red deer during the upcoming Roar period and beyond. “The New Zealand Red Stag Ageing Guide has been developed, with input from professional hunters Chris McCarthy and Willie Duley, to provide hun

Fifteen–year old Invercargill driver, Alex Crosbie, has surpassed even his own expectations after taking third place in the 2021/2022 South Island Formula 1600 Championship which ended at his home circuit, Teretonga Park in Invercargill last weekend. Alex, a Year 11 student at Southland Boys High Sc