Southland

Police can now name the woman killed in a crash on Old Coach Road, Otaraia, Gore on 15 February. Police extend our condolences to Katie’s family and loved ones. She was Katie Deborah Robertson, aged 21. A police investigation into the crash is ongoing. Friends and family can read Katie’s funeral not

Police are responding to a serious crash, involving two cars, in Otaraia, Gore District. The crash occurred on Old Coach Road, close to the intersection of Kaiwera Road, at 11am. One person is reported to have received critical injuries and another person received serious injuries. Two helicopters w

Clutha-Southland MP Hamish Walker says the Government’s blows to regional and rural New Zealand keep coming. “Today’s announcement of the Government’s proposed reform of vocational education through the centralisation of polytechs is another blow to the regions,” Mr Walker says. “It is the people in

The government has proposed merging all 16 polytechnics into a single national institute and radically reforming industry training organisations. Education Minister Chris Hipkins said the plan was challenging but necessary for shoring up a sector that had suffered falling enrolments and multi-millio

Hannah Morgan a Otago University student from Southland has crossed the challenging waters of Foveaux Strait and also raising awareness about mental health. Her official time was 8 hours 43 minutes for the approximate 32km sea crossing. Departing Saddle Point on Stewart Island at about 6:20am and ar

A four-year-old child has died near Brydone. Police attended after a child was reported missing in the area late yesterday afternoon. The boy was located in a body of water at the back of the property. Emergency services attempted to resuscitate him but were unsuccessful. The family have asked for p

Invercargill couple Denise and Leighton Hare are proving age is just a number, as they prepare to take part in their ninth MLT Moonshine Trail. The Hares plan to run the 15km section of the event, which is being held at Dolamore Park, near Gore, on Saturday February 9. Having taken part in the event

Two fishermen are missing off rocks at Catlins. The alarm was raised by people nearby around 4:20pm, after the two men appeared to have been swept off rocks near Slope Point Road. A large number of assets were deployed including rescue helicopters from Queenstown and Dunedin, rescue swimmers, Bluff