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While the finale failed to meet his expectations, overall Cormac Buchanan’s rookie season in the Moto3 World Championship exceeded them in several aspects. The Southland teenager described his 2025 season as “a rollercoaster” following yesterday’s final race in Valencia where he battled to make an impact. “I expected

Southland Girls’ High School Year 12 student Sophie Ineson is this year’s recipient of the Prime Minister’s Space Prize for student endeavour and will receive $50,000 to support her tertiary education, Invercargill MP Penny Simmonds says. “This is a wonderful achievement. Congratulations to Sophie – she has done

A collaborative project between Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) environmental students and the local community has won top honours at the Environment Southland Community Awards. The Kew Bush Restoration and Education Programme was named the winner of the Environmental Action in the Community category. Kew Bush, a 3.3-hectare patch

Police are asking the public for help after a man was seriously assaulted in Edendale on Saturday night. The incident happened just before 11pm on 15 November. A woman knocked on the man’s door, claiming she had a flat tyre and needed help. The victim, a man in his

An Invercargill-based service station owner has organised for the Ministerial Advisory Group for Victims of Retail Crime to speak with retailers in the city on Tuesday. Manpreet Singh owns Challenge Lorneville and was a victim of burglary just two months ago, when offenders smashed through the front doors of his

New Zealand’s wild weather is unpredictable, but one thing is certain — there will be more of it. Over the past decade farmers have faced flooding, drought, damaging winds, snow, and cyclones. The destructive wind in Southland in October is just the latest example. It led to a state of

A new tourism campaign, “The Southern Way”, has received a major boost with $393,000 in Government support aimed at attracting more visitors to the lower South Island. Announced by Tourism and Hospitality Minister Louise Upston, the campaign will be led by regional development agency Great South, with a strong

Invercargill City Council has officially adopted its annual report, outlining the highs and lows of the 2024–25 financial year. Chief executive Michael Day opened his commentary in the report by stating it had been a “challenging financial year”. He explained that the council had faced high local government inflation,