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Submissions for the 2018-2028 Long-term Plan are officially open for Invercargill City Council ratepayers to have their say on some big ticket items including: Alternative city water supply Anderson House earthquake work Additional pool at Splash Palace Increase grant funding to Southland Indoor Lei

UPDATE: Road now cleared and open. Due to a crash on SH94 Te Anau to Milford Sound a vehicle is blocking one lane 4km east of the Hollyford Rd intersection. Road users are advised to take extra care.   SH94 TE ANAU TO MILFORD SOUND – BOTH DIRECTIONS – CRASH – 2:45PM – 19 MAR […]

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