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Police have arrested one person in relation to a dairy robbery that occured on Coutts Road, Gore around 7:30pm Thursday, 5 October, 2017. A 15-year-old male has appeared in youth court on charges of aggravated robbery and aggravated wounding. Police are still looking to locate two other males in rel

Promising young rider Marshall Erwood managed to hold the U13 yellow jersey from start to finish to be the best placed Southlander in the Cycling Southland-run three- day cycle tour. More than 105 riders from around the country took part in the six-stage 34 th Yunca Junior Tour of Southland held ove

Spirit Army Leader Gerry Forde says his organisation is delighted to have received some encouraging words from Prime Minister Bill English. Mr Forde met with the Prime Minister this week to discuss the Army’s efforts to assist struggling families in Invercargill. “The signature Spirit Army approach

Southland Gold: Ray Hardwick, of Bluff and Dave Hart, of Makarewa left Winton today at 8.45am with the plan of reaching Bluff by 3pm today – in a rare 1924 Burrell Compound Hydraulic Steam Traction Engine. Mr Hardwick said the journey, from Winton to Invercargill on State Highway 6 and then from Inv

After a frosty start to the day the riders were optimistic that the sun was out to stay, just as they were called to the start line the weather gods proved them wrong with rain from Gore to Mataura. This didn’t deter 2nd Limit who made up the 3mins head start Limit had on them […]

The new brand for our city – Invercargill. What do you think of it? Where will it take us, will you embrace it? We’ve had many discussions (one or two heated!) over this and most of initial response on our facebook page was not encouraging. But then again, folk don’t like change. And they don’t […]

Former Southland musician Jason Kerrison has released a new song ‘The Southern Dream’ just in time for the 2017 rugby season. The video and song was made in partnership with SIT.

Following a number of burglaries in Western Southland recently, we’d like to warn farmers in the area to be vigilant with securing their properties at night. Over the past week three 4×4 motorbikes have been stolen late at night from the dairy run off block on farms in the Taramoa and Hokonui areas,