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The first event organised by Skate South, a skate, BMX, Scooter and Rollerblade Jam/Competition at the Invercargill Skate Park on Saturday proved to be a great success. Event organiser, James Todd, was extremely pleased with the day saying it went “really well” with 45 entrants across the various di

Isabelle Guise (Otautau) and Ethan Alday  Ice Sports Southland skaters competed in Oberstdorf Germany last weekend. Their scores are just under the qualification mark for Junior Worlds in March. They will get an opportunity to attempt to qualify for this in early February when they skate at the Egna

Miriam McKenzie has published a resource for teachers, won an award for exporting speech programmes to China, and is now back in the classroom. The primary school trained, speech and effective communication expert has gone full circle since graduating as a teacher almost 30 years ago. She’s relishin

All of Southland is now in a restricted fire season. The change occurred at 8am Wednesday 26 January 2022, and means anyone planning to light an open-air fire will need to apply for and obtain a permit. Southland District Manager, Julian Tohiariki says the current conditions are the reason for the c

Cycling Southland will be kicking off the new year in a big way this weekend with three races taking place over three days. Headlining the weekend will be the Stonewood Homes Gore to Invercargill Classic, New Zealand’s longest running club classic cycling race, which will return to the roads of Sout

A baby with critical injuries died in Starship Hospital yesterday (26 January). The baby was taken to Invercargill Hospital on Saturday morning (22 January), and subsequently transferred to Starship. A homicide investigation is now underway in relation to how the baby received the injuries. Police a

Laing Shield Nightcaps retain the Laing Shield in their first challenge of the year defeating Tuatapere 5 1/1 to 1/2 on Saturday 22nd January. Individual results Nightcaps names first Brett Dobbie beat Connor Fowle 4/3 Stu Dobbie square Zack Fowle Ross Mangels beat Rohan Knowler 8/6 Alan Roberts bea

Work to strengthen, raise and reshape the stop bank at Boundary Creek, north of Mataura, is expected to be complete by the end of February. Improvements to the Boundary Creek stop bank are among several works Environment Southland are undertaking to upgrade the stop banks protecting the town of Mata