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Environment Southland’s latest monitoring has found elevated levels of toxic algae at Hamilton Burn, at Affleck Road. Toxic algae (benthic cyanobacteria) can be recognised at rivers and streams as a green/brown slime on rocks, or dark brown/black mats at the water’s edge. Several factors can contrib

A new tuatara is stalking the streets of Invercargill, providing weary cyclists a unique place to park their bikes. The tuatara bike stand has been positioned outside the Invercargill Public Library and blessed by Waihopai runaka representative Victor Manawatu. We would also like to acknowledge the

Work towards reimagining Southland’s museum and art gallery is progressing at pace with a new name and vision to tell the stories of Southland leading the way. Invercargill City Council committed in its Long Term Plan to invest $39.4 million to redevelop the city’s museum and art gallery, which was

The busy Christmas season for the Southland Sharks continued today with Liam McRae confirming his return for the 2022 New Zealand National Basketball League. “It was an easy decision to be honest, I mean there’s nothing like playing down South especially when the crowd gets going as they did last se

A lucky Strike player will be celebrating a midweek windfall after winning $200,000 with Strike Four in tonight’s Lotto draw. The winning ticket was sold at Devon Lotto‘N’Treats in New Plymouth. Powerball was not struck this evening and has rolled over to Saturday night, where the jackpot will be $6

A group formed recently to support young skateboarders in the south, Skate South, will hold their first event, a skate, BMX, Scooter and Rollerblade Jam/Competition at the Invercargill Skate Park on Saturday 15 January. The event will feature Open categories, Under 16 Skate sections for both Boys an

Fonterra shareholders have today given the Co-operative’s new capital structure proposal the green light with 85.16% of the total farmer votes in support of the proposal. The final votes on the capital structure proposal were cast at a Special Meeting in Invercargill early this afternoon. Chairman P

Invercargill City Council has sold a large piece of farmland about 10km south of the city, but is remaining tight-lipped about how much it went for. Questions also surround loans that were written off over the project, and why a decision was made to sell this year. Between March 2006 and June 2008,