Southland

Mika Muliaina will earn his Southland Stags blazer on Sunday when the side travels to New Plymouth to face Taranaki at Stadium Taranaki. Kick-off is at 5.05pm. The blazer game marks a significant personal milestone for the first-five, who wears the No.10 jersey. Sean Withy leads the side

Scott O'Donnell has been made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to business — recognition that spans trucking, hydrogen fuel, a $180 million city centre overhaul, and a dementia care village on the edge of Invercargill. O'Donnell has spent his career expanding

Despite all of the new employment opportunities coming to Southland, Infometrics predicts a slowing down of population growth in the south. Infometrics principal economist Nick Brunsdon delivered a presentation to the Risk and Assurance Committee on Long Term Plan assumptions. But Invercargill Mayor Tom Campbell didn't want to

The director of a slink skin factory shut down by Environment Southland stripped off his suit jacket, shirt and tie outside the regional council's offices on Monday — and begged for his business back. Eddie Zhi, sole director of NZAgri Development Ltd, sat over a vehicle entrance at Environment

More than 38,000 Southland and West Otago power users will see a discount on their electricity bills this spring, with The Power Company Ltd handing back $11.7 million through its annual price discount programme. Residential customers on the TPCL network get 2.3 cents back for every kilowatt-hour

The Southland Stags host Bay of Plenty at Rugby Park this Sunday, with kick-off set for 5.05pm in round seven of the Hilux NPC. Sean Withy captains the side. The starting XV has Jack Barrett at loosehead, Jayden Henderson hooking, and Paula Latu at tighthead. Mitch Dunshea and Woody

The man died in Thursday night's motorcycle crash on Clyde Street has been named as Whetu Taylor, 41, of Invercargill. RIP. Related: Fatal Clyde Street Crash Closes Highway Police released his name today (Friday). Detective Inspector Stu Harvey said enquiries into the circumstances of the crash are ongoing

Enrolments in Southern Institute of Technology's postgraduate nursing programmes have jumped around 85 percent since 2020, and the people behind the growth say it shows no sign of slowing. Postgraduate Programme Manager Jane Elder has been at SIT's School of Nursing since 2019 and took on