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Fonterra has confirmed all staff members at its Edendale milk processing plant are safe following the collapse of a raw milk silo on Friday afternoon. “Our teams were able to quickly confirm that all of our people were accounted for, which is always our first priority in any unexpected event,” said

Often Heard, Seldom Seen… One of the south’s sporting icons, racing commentator Dave McDonald, will be honoured for reaching 40 seasons of race calling at the Invercargill Harness Racing Club’s opening meeting of the season at Ascot Park Raceway in Invercargill on Saturday. The New Zealand Racing Bo

EXCLUSIVE: Sport store chain Stirling Sports confirmed to whatsoninvers.nz today they are opening a new store in the former Raw Energy site on Esk Street Mall. A mid October opening date is to be confirmed. The Esk Street Mall store will be managed and operated by Stirling Sports Gore franchise co o

Silo collapse at Fonterra’s Edendale plant fm rnz news Emergency services are at the scene of Fonterra’s Edendale plant in Southland, after a raw milk silo collapsed this afternoon. A Fonterra spokesperson told RNZ the priority was accounting for staff at the plant. The Fire Service said it was aler

Leading red meat processor and exporter and Invercargill based Alliance Group is encouraging farmers to attend one of its 19 road-show events across the country next month. The co-operative’s annual road-show, which begins in Darfield on 4th October, will provide farmer shareholders and suppliers wi

Alliance Group has signed an agreement with Grand Farm at a ceremony in China as the companies seek to strengthen the partnership. Alliance Group chief executive David Surveyor, who was part of New Zealand Prime Minister Rt. Hon John Key’s business delegation to the country, signed the agreement in

For our strong Dutch community across Southland – Dutch King and Queen to visit New Zealand   His Majesty King Willem-Alexander and Her Majesty Queen Máxima of The Netherlands will visit New Zealand from 7 to 9 November 2016. The King and Queen will be accompanied by Foreign Minister Bert Koenders a

Update:  Name release – fatal crash Edendale, Southland “ Police can now name the woman killed in a fatal crash on Edendale-Wyndham Road, on the Mataura River Bridge in Southland on Thursday 15 September. She was 18-year-old Hayley Taylor. Police extend their sympathies to Hayley’s friends and famil