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We will celebrate the many impressive, innovative and creative achievements of our Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme students, on Thursday, 27 October at Southern Institute of Technology, Invercargill. At the start of 2016, 138 students from James Hargest College, Aparima College, Mt Aspiring

pic-whatsoninvers.nz Invercargill City Council adopted its 2015-2016 Annual Report at the Inaugural Council Meeting held this week Chairman of the Finance and Policy Committee, Deputy Mayor Darren Ludlow said the Plan showed a good result for the year. “It received a clear audit report from Audit NZ

NZHerald Business Desk Children’s clothing retailer Pumpkin Patch has been tipped into receivership by its lenders and appointed voluntary administrators after failing to reinvent itself in the face of shrinking sales and too much debt. Pumpkin Patch Invers – pic whatsoninvers.nz Auckland-based Pump

Southland’s Tommy Foggo has been celebrated for his outstanding community contribution, as part of the Graeme Dingle Foundation’s 2016 Excellence Awards, held at Auckland’s War Memorial Museum on Wednesday night. Tommy Foggo receiving his award. Photo: whatsoninvers.nz Foggo was honoured with an Out

Just before 5pm on Tuesday October 25th, a burglary was reported to Police where a large number of military-style semi-automatic firearms and a significant amount of ammunition was taken from a  Maitland Street, Dunedin address. A total of 28 firearms were reported as stolen, comprising of five rifl

6:45pm Tues 25th October Police UPDATE Name release Wallactown crash Police can now release the name of the man who died in the crash in Wallacetown yesterday. He was 56-year-old Donald Stanley Hammond from Invercargill. Police’s investigation into the crash is ongoing. Police’s thoughts are with Mr

The decision to sign up to one of New Zealand’s most successful regional Lean training programmes has proved a winning one for all six Southland businesses. Venture Southland’s Lean Management Programme, delivered by renowned Lean Thinking expert Clinton Yeats, is now in its 5 th year running. The s

Leading consultant heaps praise on Southland businesses positive approach to embracing new concepts and product innovation. Saskia van der Geest has fronted three of the four business innovation breakfasts facilitated by Venture Southland. The breakfasts have proved popular with Southland businesses