Southland

A new collaboration between Telford, Southern Institute of Technology’s agricultural campus, and Southland dairy farmer, Tangaroa Walker, the creator of Farm 4 Life, intends to provide dairy farm workers nationwide with the opportunity to gain a recognised qualification while they work. Mr Walker ha

Gore Police are appealing for the public’s help after a robbery early this morning on Broughton Street. Police were alerted about 6.15am after two men entered the Broughton Street Discounter and demanded cash. The men left the store with a sum of money and items and headed south on Broughton Street,

Nine lucky Lotto players will be on cloud nine after each winning $20,948 with Lotto Second Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. One lucky player also won Powerball Second Division, taking their total winnings to $32,486. The winning Powerball Second Division ticket was sold on MyLotto to a player

Southland Allied, Public Health and scientific and technical staff have been picketing every Friday since March, and tonight they are off the job for a 24-hour strike. Raising public awareness about fair pay and treatment, the group said Southlanders deserve to know how undervalued the staff are who

The financial blow dealt to southern sporting franchises by Covid-19 has prompted additional support from Community Trust South. The Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel, Southland Sharks and Southland Stags each received an additional one-off payment of $10,000 when their respective three-yearly funding

At this week’s Strategy and Policy Committee, councillors approved the formation of a Climate Change Sub-committee to help drive Environment Southland’s action on climate change. The sub-committee, which will meet once every two months, will consist of six councillors as well as a mana whenua repres

Police are now in a position to confirm the name of the man that died on Owaka Valley Road, Clutha on Saturday night. He was 33-year-old Rikki McCall of Owaka, Clutha District. Police would still like to speak to anyone who was in the Owaka Valley Road area between 8pm on Saturday 7 May and […]

A dead adult Hector’s dolphin was discovered at Te Waewae Bay in Southland at the weekend. Department of Conservation Aquatic Director Elizabeth Heeg says the adult female dolphin was found by a member of the public on 7 May. DOC staff were able to retrieve the body and have sent it to Massey Univer