Southland

Windback to May 1999 when a crowd of 20,000 turned out to cheer the victorious Southern Sting as they paraded through Invercargill city Centre on their return from their victorious wind in Dunedin. Eight hundred Southlander’s boarded buses to cheer on the Southern Sting in the Dunedin final. Buses d

Congratulations to Gina Crampton and Te Paea Delby-Rickit for being named in the new look Silver Ferns. Netball New Zealand is pleased to announce the 2018/19 Silver Ferns squad, along with the team to compete in next month’s Netball Quad Series. The national selection panel has confirmed a 17-stron

C’mon Southland, let’s get behind our sporting success and celebrate with the Southern Steel, Southland Sharks, and Southland cricket team in a fantastic ticker-tape parade! This Thursday, from 4pm, our trifecta of national champions will parade along Esk Street, from Dee Street, finishing at the In

A new hydroslide featuring three slides proposed for Invercargill’s Splash Palace is a step closer after receiving support from Invercargill city councillors at a Community Services Committee meeting on Monday. A report was presented to the committee by Council aquatic services manager Peter Thompso

Clutha-Southland MP Hamish Walker says after today’s meeting with the Directors of the Lumsden Maternity Centre it’s clear there are a number of issues with the process followed to axe the birthing unit and he and the centre are not giving up on the fight to keep it open. “Today when National’s spok

An opening round of the South Island premier rugby league competition  was played between the Southland Rams and Otago Photos thanks to Dave Loudon Photography. Otago and Southland players are no strangers to each other with players on both sides having met during the combined Otago / Southland comp

Clutha-Southland MP Hamish Walker says the Government’s decision to downgrade the Lumsden Maternity Centre to a non-birthing unit puts mothers and babies at risk. “What we know is that delays in getting to maternity care compromises outcomes and could put babies and mothers at greater risk. This is

Farmers are urged to consider alternative options for disposing of bale wrap, as one of the region’s major bale wrap recyclers stops accepting it due to a market shutdown. Southland disAbility Enterprises Ltd has announced it is unable to accept any further bale wrap until it finds a new market, lea