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Power was out in parts of North Invercargill from just after 11pm till 6:30am this morning due to a car crashing into a power box on Queens Drive near Windsor. At 6am the Powernet outages website was showing a power outage in Richmond and Invercargill but that was updated by 6:30am this morning. A P

Police can now name the person who died following a motorcycle crash in Otautau on Monday 7th February. He was 27-year-old Jeremy Dowling. Police’s thoughts and deepest sympathies go out to his whānau and friends at this difficult time. An investigation into the crash is ongoing.

World Tour cyclist Tom Scully had a Polish chef to thank for his fifth appearance in a Grand Tour earlier this year. The 2019 Southland Sportsperson of the Year is home for his first decent New Zealand summer in three years, nabbing one of the final two-week MIQ spots in order to be back in […]

Lessons learnt as one of New Zealand’s most promising long jumpers are standing Sam Colyer in good stead as he leaps into the next phase of his life. The former SBS Bank Academy Southland athlete has been working at SBS Bank’s Invercargill branch since last November as a Service Consultant, learning

Performance, Policy and Partnerships Committee Meeting held in the Council Chamber, First Floor, Civic Administration Building, 101 Esk Street, Invercargill on Tuesday 08 February 2022 at 3.00 pm. Read the meeting agenda here.

Body located in Clutha River  A body was located and recovered from the Clutha River yesterday afternoon. The body was initially seen by members of the public in the river near Teviot who notified Police at about 4.30pm. While a post mortem and formal identification process is yet to be completed, i

The number of children being home schooled has increased 40 percent in the South since Covid-19 hit, as parents move to take more control of their education. The Ministry of Education has confirmed there have been significantly more applications for home education compared to 2019. Invercargill pare

With the current Orange Alert Level, customers are required to have a Vaccine Pass (except the bottle stores). As such, a high number of group bookings have been cancelled due to not all potential customers in the group having been vaccinated. In a report to the board last Thursday (January 27), chi