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The Invercargill Bluff trail opens up a whole new way to experience a special part of the Southland region featuring fantastic scenery and history. The trail – completed in October 2021 – is a new addition to Southland’s recreational trail network and is part of the 3000km Te Araroa Trail that stret

Eight lucky Lotto players around the country will be enjoying a boost to their bank account after each winning $125,000 with Lotto First Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. The winning First Division tickets were sold at the following stores: Store  Location  MyLotto Whangarei My Pharmacy Papamoa

This is a bolt from the blue! News in this evening that Meat Loaf (Marvin Lee Aday) has passed away. The big guy literally stormed on to the world stage in 1977 with the album Bat Out Of Hell. So many great songs on it all penned by the late Jim Steinman. As the statement […]

Makarewa could be the site of the country’s first carbon-neutral data centre, creating up to 25 new jobs for Southlanders – and consent has already been lodged for another one at the Clyde Dam in Central Otago. Datagrid is the company behind the Southland project, and has partnered with Meridian Ene

The Bluff Oyster & Food Festival will not be held in 2022. The festival organising committee met recently to discuss this year’s event amid the threat of Covid outbreaks and subsequent possible rapid changes to the traffic light settings and voted unanimously to cancel this year’s Festival which was

The team from Highways South advise that the Tay Street upgrade between Mary Street to Jackson Street, currently underway and originally planned to be completed on Friday 21st January. This has been extended to Wednesday the 26th January. Emergency services and residents will have access if required

Invercargill Central Limited is putting some contingency plans in place to safeguard its $165 million inner city redevelopment project. The community is also being invited to give feedback through the Invercargill City Council, after it agreed in 2020 to invest up to $46 million to support the devel

Environment Southland’s latest monitoring has found high levels of toxic algae at the Aparima River at Otautau. There are already three other active toxic algae warnings in the region; the Waikaia River at Mahers Beach, the Hamilton Burn at Affleck Road and the Waiau River near Excelsior Creek. This