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Respected outdoors advocate Robin McNeill has been appointed to the board of the New Zealand Walking Access Commission. He served for ten and a half years on the Southland Conservation Board, and has worked closely with NZWAC as a member of the technical advisory committee for the Walking Access Map

A tourism product considered common place in cities worldwide is about to be launched in Invercargill for the coming summer season. An Invercargill cycle service and retailer is to host and guide visitors on cycle tours of the greenways and gardens of the central city. Cycle Surgery’s Glen Thomson a

This from RNZ News A Chinese firm’s application to purchase a 50 percent stake in Silver Fern Farms has been approved by the Overseas Investment Office. Silver Fern Farms CEO Dean Hamilton and board chair Rob Hewett at a special shareholders’ meeting in August. Photo: RNZ / Ian Telfer The major meat

Food Truck Friday is coming to Invercargill with a fleet of food trucks and stalls set to operate out of Wachner Place from this Friday between 10am and 4pm. The idea was the brainchild of Council’s City-Centre Co-ordinator Kari Graber, who said it would turn Wachner Place into a hub for food trucks

Sandy Point could become a world famous playground for nature buffs and petrol-heads, Invercargill City Council candidate Allan Arnold says. The life-long Invercargill resident, who owns and runs city cafe-bars Ziffs and Buster Crabb, said he wanted to sow the seeds of a 100-year native bush regener

Police are calling for information from the public after a vehicle travelling with an insecure load almost resulted in tragic consequences. At about 8.45am on Tuesday 13 September a driver was travelling south on SH1 between Balclutha and Milton when a wooden fence post came off a passing vehicle an

Invercargill Police are investigating an incident where a man has presented to Southland Hospital on Sunday, 18 September 2016, with a gunshot wound. This incident is believed to have occurred in the Invercargill area sometime around 7pm on Sunday evening. The man remains in a stable condition in So

This Will Be The Beating Heart Of The Community of South Invercargill – Janette Malcolm  South Alive has unveiled plans for a vibrant $1.2 million community hub in South City. The latest initiative of the South Invercargill Urban Rejuvenation Charitable Trust will provide a significant community ass