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Once one of the most prolific winners in New Zealand woolhandling, Amy-Lee Ferguson has ended an eight-year drought by winning the New Zealand Longwool Championships Open final at the Northern Southland Community Shears on Friday. As Amy-Lee Ruki, from Invercargill, she was Shearing Sports New Zeala

The Lumsden Heritage Trust has brought a historic steam locomotive back to Southland, where it will enhance the trust’s already impressive heritage rail display in the northern Southland town. The 19th century D Class locomotive D6 arrived on Saturday morning at Bulleid Engineering, in Winton, where

When Nick Kergozou crossed the line for his team at the 2022 New Zealand Cycle Classic last week, in his first UCI road race win, Julian Ineson was the man addressing the crowd. Nick’s former primary school teacher and the man responsible for getting him into the world of cycling, Julian is the voic

Welcome to 2022.  The year of more of the ‘Unknown.’   More staying at home possibly and more bugs floating around.    We’ve done this before and we’ll probably have to do it again. Those in business know the drill about how things will function if there is another lockdown – but for another year […

A spate of warm weather has forced Southland District Council to activate water restrictions throughout the region. In Riverton, urgent water conservation is needed and a complete sprinkler ban is now in place. Southland District Council manager operations and programming – water and waste services

Police are appealing for information or potential witnesses to a vehicle crash in Invercargill at approximately 5:22pm on Saturday 15 January. The incident occurred at the intersection of Herbert Street and Exmouth Street. The crash involved a utility vehicle and a station wagon. UPDATE: Due to comm

WorldTour cyclist Shane Archbold and rising star Ally Wollaston grabbed the honours in the Criterium National Championships in Christchurch on Sunday. Archbold scored his first win back with the Bora Hansgrohe team, saving his run until three laps out and outsprinting the outstanding mountain biker

ILT Stadium Southland will host the New Zealand Gymnastics Championships 2022 as its marquee event next year. Held from July 13 to 16 it is expected to bring about 1400 competitors, and the Invercargill Gymnastics club is currently fundraising to buy a new $100,000 sprung floor – which can be used a