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Auckland lost 200 jobs a day during the city’s second lockdown in August, and job seekers are swelling job application piles. Auckland Council’s economic team, which has tallied the cost, said the total 4205 jobs lost in the region were 60 percent of the national total for the month. Its chief econo

The inside lanes on Dee Street between Bay Road and Louisa Streets will be closed in both directions this weekend. While Invercargill City Council conduct surveying on the road. Due to single lanes operating both ways there will also be a temporary speed limit of 30km/hr to keep the cres safe. At 8a

Update: Tuesday 6th October. Due to strong winds overnight there have been a few flare-ups. Fire crews are managing these and will continue fighting the fire today. Helicopters are not currently able to fly due to the strong winds. This will be reassessed if the weather changes. It will be a challen

Fonterra will sell its China farms to a local company for half a billion dollars, as it continues to find ways to pay down debt. The deal, which was finalised over the weekend, saw the dairy giant’s two farming hubs in Ying and Yutian sold for $513 million, and in a separate deal it agreed […]

The Southland Chamber of Commerce has taken to Shakespeare to explain their stance about the Otago Southland Employers Association and Otago Chamber merger. “What’s in a name? That which we call a Chamber of Commerce by any other word would smell as sweet. But not as the Southland Chamber of Commerc

There are 12 new cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand today, all in managed isolation. Director of Public Health Dr Caroline McElnay says all the new cases have been transferred to a dedicated quarantine facility. There are no new cases in the community. Dr McElnay says 10 of the cases came from India o

Environment Southland has put in place some initiatives to help support Southland ratepayers with their upcoming annual rates invoices. At today’s Council meeting, Environment Southland councillors set the rates in accordance with the recently adopted Annual Plan 2020-2021, and retrospectively agree

Great South is continuing to gain momentum as New Zealand’s only ground station operator with a new antenna opened today highlighting the organisation’s commitment to New Zealand’s future space endeavours. The Honourable Dr Megan Woods, Minister of Research, Science and Innovation today opened the a