News

Southland recipients of Queens Birthday honours. The Queen has been pleased, on the occasion of the celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday, to make the following appointments to The New Zealand Order of Merit: Full list of recipients COARD, Mr Ian William For services to the Coastguard Mr Ian Coard h

Police need help to identify and locate a male offender who assaulted a woman in Invercargill on Friday 31 May at around 8pm. The victim had parked her car on Lindisfarne Street and was walking along the footpath towards the Curry Guru Malabar Kitchen Restaurant on Tay Street when she was grabbed fr

Update: Powernet advise all power is restored, and Stadium Southland is open. At approximately 7.30pm, Thursday 31 May we experienced an equipment failure at Stadium Southland, resulting in a power outage. Power supply was lost to 1,800 customers for 35 minutes, and nine customers are still without

Two men have appeared in court following a dairy burglary in Lumsden last week. Police conducted search warrants at a number of Southland addresses on Wednesday in relation to the incident at Junction Café and Dairy on Flora Road on Saturday 25 May. The men, aged 26 and 32, were arrested and charged

Parts of Invercargill went in to darkness on Thursday (30th May) evening due to a major power outage. Stadium Southland went into darkness and was evacuated. What’s On Invers have reached out to Powernet for comment and update of the situation. Stadium Southland and Sports Southland offices will be

A Southland teacher of children with special needs says she’s one of many who’ve suffered physical attacks because of a lack of classroom support. An empty primary school classroom. Lou Dickson marched in the teachers’ strike yesterday for more resources to help her students – and to make her work s

Southland Regional Development Agency (SRDA) Chairman Ian Collier has announced the appointment of an interim chief executive to lead the newly established Southland regional organisation. Former Queenstown Chamber of Commerce chief executive Ann Lockhart will be in the role from the 17 June 2019 un

AOS executed a warrant at an Invercargill address today. The investigation team has subsequently found a significant amount of methamphetamine and a large amount of cash Thanks to our very vigilant community! We need your help to tackle this issue in our community! Keep that info coming in. Call 105