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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

“Man sought for inappropriate behaviour in car park” Police are looking for information from members of the public who may have seen a man acting inappropriately inside a vehicle parked at Countdown Invercargill on Thursday the 5th of May 2016 at 5:10pm. He was understood to have been alone in the v

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

Anyone seen Ed ? Word is that music star Ed Sheeran has spent some time in the south while taking a break from his whirlwind music career. Reports out say he has been in Queenstown over the last day or two. Has he dropped into your café, restaurant or any workplace ? Has he dropped […]

Local artists are being offered the opportunity to create and implement their own original design on one of 11 Chorus cabinets in the city. Chorus is working with the Invercargill City Council as part of their Chorus Cabinet Art Programme to provide the telecommunications cabinets. The Programme see