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The Catlins Coast Community Tourism Strategy 2016-26 is now a living document with the recent approval of all stakeholders. The new document follows on from the original strategy implemented in 2004. During the past ten years, the community has successfully implemented 80 of the 91 recommendations i

The entry of 2015 New Zealand Rally Champion, Ben Hunt, into the Catlins Coast Rally on Saturday 6 August is a huge coup for rally organisers. Catlins rally. Photo: Euan Cameron Originally from Nelson, but now living in Auckland, Hunt has been one of this country’s leading rally drivers for many yea

Invercargill Police have arrested two men in relation to an incident in Nichol Street on Monday 1 August. The two arrested men, aged 18 and 19, have been charged with aggravated robbery, kidnapping and unlawfully taking a motor vehicle. Both men will be appearing in the Invercargill District Court t

Updated: Invercargill Police have arrested two men in relation to an incident in Nichol Street on Monday 1 August. The two arrested men, aged 18 and 19, have been charged with aggravated robbery, kidnapping and unlawfully taking a motor vehicle. Both men will be appearing in the Invercargill Distric

Southern motorists are urged to take extra caution again as we face varying frost conditions across our region. Emergency services are currently attending to ice/speed related crashes in Dunedin, Southland and Clutha areas. Police urge motorists to take care when driving into shaded areas, bridge cr

Southern Police are urging farmers to be vigilant and to protect their herds, after the theft of eight newborn Friesian heifer calves. The calves were taken from their mothers overnight on Tuesday 26 to Wednesday 27 July 2016, from a roadside paddock at an Ermedale dairy farm. “I’m hopeful this is a

Invercargill Estuary walkway a popular location on the Pokemon Go craze that’s swept the world, was closed by Police on Sunday afternoon. (But is now open to the public again) A woman’s body was found on the estuary walkway in Invercargill, Police received a call from a member of the public who came

A much needed boost for the Southland dairy industry with news out  that a new dairy processing plant is to be built in the province. Mataura Valley Milk have announced plans to build a $200m  high tech processing plant at McNab, 7k’s north of Gore. State owned China Animal Husbandry is taking a sta