Southland

Dog Island’s rich history and distinctive environment will be preserved for years to come, thanks to the vision of a special partnership committed to the island’s future. The restoration and ongoing conservation of the remote Dog Island was marked by the agreement of an ecological plan this week bet

Southern Police are attending a crash on State Highway One, near the intersection of the Lorne-Dacre Rd involving three cars and moderately injuring two people. Two other people were involved but are uninjured. Emergency services were called to the scene, between Invercargill and Gore, at 1:48pm thi

We can’t control the weather but we can adjust our own driving to deal with it. Southlanders shouldn’t be caught out by the weather – we know it gets wet, cold and windy on occasion, all year round, says Senior Constable Kelvin Templeton, Riverton Police Station. There is ample signage on the roads,

The Riversdale and Balfour communities debated, danced, Mexican Waved, shouted and roared support for their teams in an epic War on the Waimea stage clash last Saturday night in the Riversdale Hall, netting the community an estimated $80,000. War on the Waimea was always going to be fierce between r

Dairy farmer Isaac Cook from Bulls/Rangitikei has set a world record benchmark by milking more than 5000 cows in 12 continuous hours. Fit4Farming programme was in place which encouraged the farmer to keep fit, train, and eat nutritiously.

A positive few months has seen Classic Motorcycle Mecca welcome over 10,000 visitors through its doors since opening in late November 2016. Transport World Director Joc O’Donnell says “It’s going well, the Burt Munro Challenge was a huge week for us. Since then on average we receive around 450 – 750

Chris Fleming has been appointed Southern DHB Chief Executive, Commissioner Kathy Grant announced today. The Nelson Marlborough Health Chief Executive had been seconded to the role of interim Chief Executive at Southern DHB since September, while the Commissioner team undertook an extensive recruitm

As New Zealand marks the one-year anniversary of its Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with South Korea, Fonterra Co-operative Group is gearing up to take advantage of huge potential for its dairy products there, particularly cheese. Since the FTA was signed in December 2015, New Zealand has experienced 16