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After shattering his ankle during round 13 of the Moto3 World Championship in Spain, there really is no place like home as far as grand prix motorcycle racer Cormac Buchanan is concerned. The 20-year-old returned to New Zealand two weeks ago to undergo an intensive rehabilitation programme designed to get

Thanking a teacher this October could put a pencil case in a child's hands. Warehouse Stationery and the Salvation Army have launched their Thank a Teacher appeal, running from October 5 to November 1. The deal is simple: create a free personalised card online for a teacher who

The Y Southland turns 150 this month, and it wants your face on the wall. On Friday October 16, The Y opens its Tay Street doors for 150 Faces of The Y — a free public exhibition celebrating a century and a half of the YMCA in Southland, and the people

Six men who shaped New Zealand's road transport industry have been inducted into the NZ Road Transport Hall of Fame at a gala dinner held at Bill Richardson Transport World in Invercargill. Wayne "Ox" McEwan, Edwin Mansell, Geoffrey "Marty" Greaves, Cornelius van Opzeeland, Greg

A Pak'nSave Invercargill ticket is worth $35,600 after Saturday night's Lotto draw — the second winning ticket sold in the city in less than a week. The Second Division win on Saturday October 3 follows Four Square Otatara selling one of two First Division tickets in

Southland has been left without a permanent full-time urologist, with Health New Zealand transferring patients as far as Christchurch and paying locums $3000 a day to plug the gap — while internal documents show bosses rated the situation as an "extreme" risk and warned of the potential "collapse

Southland's property market is bucking the national trend — asking prices hit a record high for September while stock tightened and new listings fell sharply. New data from realestate.co.nz for September 2026 shows Southland's average asking price climbed 5.9% to $593,723, making it

Environment Southland has pocketed $30 million by selling down its stake in South Port NZ, dropping from a 66% shareholding to 52% — still the majority owner, but with a lot more cash to spread around. The regional council offloaded 3,750,000 shares in the port company on Thursday, with