News

Last week it was All Blacks Crockett, Slade and McCaw that drew the crowds, this week it was a jet aircraft that you may well have flown on. Hundreds turned up at Invercargill Airport yesterday to say cherri-oh to the last of Air New Zealand’s Boeing 737 jet aircraft. The 737-300 ZK NGI  is on […]

Photos of the Under 11s Teams for Southland District Rugby League. Plus some of them playing. Sunday 30.08.2015. There is great interest in the Under 11 s Grade. They play every Sunday at 10 am – At the Elles Road League Grounds. Photos courtesy of Dave Loudon Publicity / Media Liason Officer Southl

Invercargill’s Civic Theatre is currently the centre of an emergency response callout involving all emergency services. Venues Manager Kate Feaver said that the emergency services were called as a precaution after a number of school children, rehearsing for the ILT Schools’ Singout, started fainting

Succulent, juicy and healthy, live Huhu grubs   Well you and I may not think so but for an elite group of Southland residents Huhu’s are just the bee’s knees. World famous keeper and breeder of the Tuatara, Lindsay Hazley says his charges are now starting to hanker for some good solid tucker now tha

Today the Government announced New Zelaand’s next Top Flag finalists final four, these will go up against the existing flag in a referendum. Whats your pick? #1 #2 #3 #4

Out with the old banknotes and in with new as the Reserve bank of New Zealand starts the roll out of hew banknotes. New Zealand has five denominations of banknotes in circulation: $5, $10, $20, $50 and $100. In with the NEW! banknotes will be released progressively from late 2015. For more informati

Jason Kerrison’s band ‘Fungi’ were in town recently to shoot the video for their new single ‘My Friend’, some familiar parts of the CBD are featured. Also the clip stars Invercargill’s Carla Forbes from market South and the 1967 Ford F100 truck owned by Paul Clark from Zookeepers cafe.

This morning budget airline Jetstar announced the four new destinations they will add to their domestic network in New Zealand. …as the winners are….the Jetstar guy says.. The first four destinations we will be flying to as part of our plan to bring low fares to more New Zealanders than ever before