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The Government’s Major Events Fund investment of $260,000 for the Golden Shears World Shearing and Wool Handling Championships in 2017 is a vote of confidence in the Southland region. Invercargill Mayor Tim Shadbolt said the investment for the February 9-11 event to be held at ILT Stadium Southland

For sixteen years Tommy’s cat motel has been located on Queens drive operated by Graeme & Shanla Lewis, today ends 16 Christmas’s and New Years as the Lewis family are moving house and the new home owner didn’t want the cat motel business, today the former cat motel building was put on a truck and [

The Civic Theatre’s four private boxes are being opened to the public for Dame Kiri Te Kanawa’s recital on March 10 in a rare opportunity, to support the Southland Museum and Art Gallery’s redevelopment project. Southland Museum and Art Gallery Trust trustee, Darren Ludlow, said that as the Museum’s

One Invercargill based company’s decision to convert to wood energy is proving sustainable both financially and environmentally and leads to a healthy environment for his co-workers and the community. It’s estimated that four times more New Zealanders die each year from the inhalation of particulate

Invercargill Police are investigating a complaint where a bogus caller claiming to be from Contact Energy has targeted an elderly customer. This scam is similar to a number of complaints in Christchurch and Wellington in the last month where the elderly have been targeted by callers claiming to be f

Brendon Leitch of Invercargill has finished third overall in the provisional final points of the 2016 Toyota Racing Series. A sensational win in the Sunday morning race of this weekend’s final round at Manfeild Park in Feilding propelled Leitch into third in the series points and confirmed his stand

Here is the full list of nominees for the various award categories for the 2016  ILT Southland Entertainment Awards, congratulations to all the nominees . Get your tickets early for Southland’s BIG night of who’s who music scene. Buy Tickets Online Now! ASCOT PARK HOTEL ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR Shann

SouthPortNZ Ltd, The operators of the Port of Bluff have got their trading year off to a cracking start announcing an interim net profit of $5.06 million for the 6 months to December 31st. That’s just under a 54% improvement for the corresponding period last year. However SouthPort NZ Ltd Chairman R