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A timely reminder for all outdoors types to make taking communications and recovery equipment a priority on each trip. This follows a 4WD drive excursion in Central Otago that became stuck in its tracks. Police say the vehicle and its two occupants had been reported overdue. They say the off road ad

Wow, Wow and double Wow! That’s for the organisers of the big two weekend events, The Santa Parade and the Fireworks and Music Festival. We are reliably informed that Southlanders again came out in big numbers to welcome the jolly fellow in red on Saturday afternoon. This despite rain on Saturday mo

Glenn MacIntosh of Invercargill won the Men’s 12 kilometre run and teenager Fiona Gray of Winton, the Ladies 12 kilometre run, in the Up & Over Bluff Hill Grunt in the port town on Sunday. MacIntosh led home Mark Gray of Gore and Aidan Michaels of Invercargill in the Men’s event while Gray headed of

A social media campaign titled “I Recycle, Do You?” is being run by WasteNet Southland to celebrate this week’s Southland Recycle Week. The aim of the week is to encourage Southlanders to learn about recycling, take actions around home and work, and share their recycling experience with family and f

Discover the world of Nanotechnology with Nanogirl, AKA Dr Michelle Dickinson, as she explains how the manipulation of matter invisible to the naked eye is changing our lives. Some of the most incredible technological advances in recent years have been made under powerful microscopes. These discover

The SOUTHLAND BUSKERS FESTIVAL has been a highlight in Invercargill events calendar for the past six years, and we’re back January 28-31st with our seventh. We’re one of the region’s most accessible and entertaining events, bringing laughs and gasps to Invercargill each summer via a performance line

We Live in Interesting Times. No, amend that, we are living in explosive times ! From out of nowhere terror reigned down on Paris over the weekend. Reports now show that terrorists launched attacks brought their trade of misery to several venues in that fine city. Attacks on places where people, ord

Long time local lighting company Hishon Lighting are closing their retail store to focus on the commercial side of the business and to make more room for Southland Real Estate bringing their rentals department into the same building. The business started life as Hishon Brothers – the Shop With The L