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Janice Lee and the Koha Kai team received a visit from the Hon Peeni Henare,Minister for Community, Minister for Youth, Minister for Whanau Ora and Associate Minister of Social Development Janice says He has been visiting our Regions looking at local initiatives which are working effectively and mak

Celebrating Heritage Month we take a look back at the 1954 Royal Visit across New Zealand ending in Invercargill then departing from Bluff. They also attended the Royal A&P Show. Photos are from a commemorative magazine of the time we have selected all Southland pics with a couple from Otago.

EXCLUSIVE: Daily newspaper The Southland Times re launches as a tabloid print size (same as the Invercargill Eye or Southland Express) Monday – Friday from 30 April going by the demo copy that advertisers have been given. Why its taken Fairfax so long to resize the paper who knows, but its great doe

It will a midweek celebration for a lucky Lotto player from Auckland after winning $1 million with Lotto First Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. The winning ticket was sold at Countdown Mt Roskill in Auckland. Powerball was not struck this evening and has rolled over to Saturday night, where th

Interview with Southland Cricket Association general manager Jason Domigan, who is also a player in the Southland team, talks to Logan Savory about their historic Hawke Cup victory. Local cricket champions arrived home on Monday with the long sought after Hawke Cup after the Southland Cricket teams

Breaking news: Three fire truck appliances were were dispatched to James Hargest Senior College on Layard Street in Invercargill. The school’s fire alarm was activated at 3.20pm today, the same time as the school day usually ends. The school was evacuated and police were directing traffic outside th

Invercargill Police are urging bike owners to secure their bikes after a spate of bike thefts in the city during the week of 28 February – 6 March 2018. During that week, 25 bicycles were either taken or unlawfully interfered with in Invercargill city. The bikes range from specialised mountain bikes

Road works are currently under way on Ferry Road/Edendale Wyndham Road. Contractors have begun work on a pavement rehabilitation and some widening of the existing road. About 2.1 kilometres of road will be rehabilitated during the project, which involves some drainage works, pavement reconstruction