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Almost every mode of transport is being employed as people from every corner of New Zealand and beyond descend on Bluff this Saturday for the 2016 Bluff Oyster & Food Festival at the Festival site in Lee Street, Bluff. So many are heading south for the Festival that tickets are already sold out! Man

A joint emergency exercise between  PowerNet and  The Invercargill Fire Service has ticked all the boxes. Monday morning’s confined space rescue exercise was held in Invercargill  was held to test their combined response to a medical emergency in an underground substation. Neil Ladbrook, Invercargil

Well here we are, its been far to long but we are back with The Rear View Mirror for 2016. Lets start with the local body elections. Looks like the main focus of attention will be on who gets elected onto the Invercargill City Council and who, for whatever reason won’t be there for the […]

Jocelyn and Scott O’Donnell, Directors of Bill Richardson Transport World in Invercargill have much pleasure in announcing the purchase of the Tom and Heather Sturgess owned New Zealand Classic Motorcycle collection (NZCM) in Nelson. The Sturgess collection is considered to be a world class attracti

Tickets to the world’s biggest shearing and wool handling extravaganza are now on sale, with organisers – the New Zealand Shearing Foundation – encouraging people to get in early to secure a seat. The world’s elite wool industry athletes will converge on Invercargill in the far south of New Zealand

Tickets are sold out for the 2016 Bluff Oyster & Food Festival which takes place at the Festival site in Lee Street, Bluff on Saturday 21 May. There will now only be very, very limited gate sales on the day and those will only be after some of the initial attendees leave the Festival during […]

Invercargill Police are asking for help from the public as they investigate an arson in Crinan Street on the night of Monday 9 May. The house was destroyed in the blaze which occurred between 9.30pm and 10pm. Police are calling for help identifying a male who was seen entering the address a short ti

Venture Southland is over the moon with the latest release of Southland RTO accommodation figures. Figures show that sustained promotion and marketing over a number of years is paying off with a 45% increase in international guest nights in the region for March 2016 compared to March 2015. Venture S