Southland

Invercargill Mayor Nobby Clark is right behind the They Save, We Pay campaign protesting cuts to the new Dunedin Hospital, alongside the Dunedin Mayor. Jules Radich is heartened by the strong support he is seeing for the community campaign, including 10,000 signatures on the NZ Nurses Organisation p

Ratepayers will be given the option to switch to receiving rates notices by email instead of by post, beginning later this week. Council rates notices are traditionally sent out quarterly via post but now Council is giving ratepayers the opportunity to have their rates notices emailed directly to th

All eyes were on the Gore District Council this afternoon, including national media waiting for more drama to unfold at the monthly meeting. But councillors and the Mayor Ben Bell were all onboard with the recommendations for an independent review as a result of the breakdown between his Worship and

The Gore soap opera district council saga continues this week with councillor Brett Highsted resigning, the Mayor and CEO still not talking, and the deputy left to keep everything together. Deputy Mayor Keith Hovell said this morning, he was still digesting Monday afternoon’s news about his colleagu

Robbies Pickles has done it again – winning another Outstanding New Zealand Food Producer Gold award for the second year in a row. Josie Robinson is the owner of Robbies by Mrs Pickles in Gore, and as well as winning gold for her peach and ginger chutney, the company’s traditional pickled onions won

Farm Fresh South has once again proven its commitment to producing quality dairy products by winning two awards at the Outstanding NZ Producers Awards. The company’s pasteurized milk was awarded the Gold medal, while its raw milk was awarded the Silver medal. This marks the third consecutive year th

PowerNet customers in Southland and Otago have been experiencing power interruptions and network disturbances due to the high wind conditions in the region. PowerNet managed networks have been particularly affected, with disruptions reported from Central Southland through to North Otago. PowerNet ch

Southland families bearing the brunt of the cost-of-living crisis will get support from National with its new FamilyBoost childcare tax rebate, of up to $75 per week, Invercargill MP Penny Simmonds says. “It’s expensive raising a family these days and sometimes it seems like there’re costs at every