Southland

Environment Southland is using emergency powers to mechanically open Waituna Lagoon to the sea, after water levels stayed dangerously high for weeks. The lagoon has sat above 2.3 metres for the past five days and above 2.2 metres since late July. That sustained high water is hitting nearby

The Invercargill Transfer Station's outgoing weighbridge is being replaced, and for the next month, getting to the tip will take a little longer than usual. Work begins Thursday September 10 and is expected to run for about a month. The weighbridge — more than 30 years old and well

An Invercargill MyLotto ticket is among the winners from Wednesday night's Lotto draw, with the holder in line for $14,093 after matching Second Division. Draw 2617, held Wednesday September 2, produced three First Division winners of $333,333 each. Those tickets were sold at Fresh Choice Te

Nearly 11,000 cheese rolls. That's what it cost to get a group of Year 7 and 8 boys from Southland Boys' High School to the Zespri AIMS Games in Tauranga this September. Nine hundred dozen, if you're counting by the box. About ten per

The Y Southland wants 150 stories to mark 150 years — and it's asking Southlanders to help find them. The organisation, formerly the Invercargill YMCA, has launched a campaign called 150 Faces of The Y, calling on the community to nominate people who have shaped the not-for-profit since it

Southlanders who want to buy a beast from a local farmer and put it in the freezer could soon have an easier time doing it, if proposed rule changes get the go-ahead. The Government is consulting on reforms to homekill rules — some of which haven't been touched in

Southland farmers may soon be able to pull gravel from rivers and their own properties without going through a resource consent process, under proposals announced by National at the South Island Election Conference. Invercargill MP Penny Simmonds has backed the plans, saying gravel build-up in local rivers is already a

An Invercargill Lotto player is $333,333 richer after Saturday night's draw — but Powerball rolled over again, and now it's sitting at $25 million. Three tickets split First Division in draw 2616 on Saturday August 29. One was sold through MyLotto to an Invercargill City player.