Southland

A major fire at Awarua, south of Invercargill, is burning through about a thousand hectares of mānuka scrub and peat soils. An image of the fire burning in peat at Awarua, south of Invercargill, on 2 April, 2022.Awarua-Waituna, one of New Zealand’s largest remaining coastal wetland systems, is threa

Firemen are observing a huge vegetation fire in Southland and will send helicopters to battle the burn right off the bat Sunday. Fire Communications shift director Andrew Norris said it was indistinct how the burst, at Awarua Bay, close to Bluff, began, yet police were exploring. “It’s a huge fire c

Police continue to investigate a burglary, which occurred at a rural property in Colac Bay on Thursday morning. At around 8am the owner has come across a group of people on the property attempting to steal fuel. The owner has approached the group and been threatened with a firearm. The firearm was n

The Government’s drought declaration for the South, is big on talk, but small on funding support, Invercargill MP Penny Simmonds says. “While I’m pleased that the Agriculture Minister has recognised the hardship local farmers are experiencing, by declaring a medium-scale adverse drought event, I don

Environment Southland has taken the unprecedented step of issuing a Water Shortage Direction covering the whole of Southland. The direction, which will initially be in place for 14 days, directs that irrigation water takes are required to cease immediately. Environment Southland chief executive Rob

The winners of the 2022 Southland-Otago Dairy Industry Awards Share Farmer of the Year category say they are focused, organised and goal-driven and farm with passion to deliver excellence in their business. Emma and Hamish Day were announced winners of the region’s Share Farmer of the Year category,

Enrich, ILT’s one day school, is set to move its programme to the iconic Elmwood Gardens building. With 200 students enrolled for 2022, the largest intake to date, Enrich centre manager Peter Forde is looking forward to starting the year in the new facility. “This shift will allow us to build on our

Malloch McClean has won the New Zealand Large Accounting Partner of the Year award for the second time in four years. Given this year’s awards were presented online, the Invercargill and Tasman offices took the opportunity to get their teams together to watch the awards live, and chief executive Joh