News

A call to action from the public has been demanded by those who attended the Southland Museum Memorial Service/public meeting today. Speaking during the formal part of the service (https://livestream.com/accounts/10730215/events/8189314) at the Invercargill Workingmen’s Club, Invercargill Ratepayer’

Two Lotto players from Taupo and the West Coast will be popping the champagne after each winning $500,000 with Lotto First Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. The winning tickets were sold at Pak N Save Taupo in Taupo and on MyLotto to a player from the West Coast. Powerball was not struck this e

Monitoring carried out by Environment Southland shows there are still high levels of the toxic algae planktonic cyanobacteria in the Waituna Lagoon. With duck shooting season opening this weekend, Environment Southland’s director of science and information Graham Sevicke-Jones said those hunting duc

A house on Collinson Rd between Winton and Invercargill, was destroyed by fire last night (Wednesday May 2nd) By the time firecrews from Wallacetown and Invercargill arrived the  house had pretty much collapsed. Farm worker John Shield was left with a new pair of gumboots and the clothes on his back

Police can now release the name of the young woman who died in a crash in Edendale, Southland on Saturday 28 April. The crash occurred shortly before near the intersection of Homestead Road and Hilda Road. She was 18-year-old Harlee Patera Symes, from Oteramika. Police’s thoughts are with Harlee’s f

Southland Fish and Game Field Officer Cohen Stewart outlines the prospects for the upcoming opening weekend of the duck shooting season. It’s that time of year again, the opening weekend of the duck shooting season is upon us. Many Southland hunters have made the necessary preparations to their maim

Two Lotto players from Auckland and Whakatane will be celebrating in style after each winning $500,000 with Lotto First Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. The winning tickets were sold at Countdown St Johns in Auckland and Countdown Whakatane in Whakatane. Powerball was not struck this evening a

Leading food company Alliance Group will reward its committed shareholders with a distribution of $5.9 million in loyalty payments today. The quarterly payments have been made to the co-operative’s Platinum and Gold shareholders who supply 100 per cent of their stock to the company. Today’s loyalty