Southland

A wearable arts show that started inside Enliven Southland's care homes last year is going regional — and moving to a bigger stage to handle the interest. Enliven Southland's Wearable Arts Enliven Style will be held at Bill Richardson Transport World on Thursday October 15, from 2pm

Kayden Scott from Southland Boys' High School has taken out the top prize at this year's Great South Vocational Awards, with Lara Heiss from Blue Mountain College named runner-up. The awards, run by Great South, recognise secondary students across the region who are excelling in vocational learning

Athena Kent spent years feeling the pull to learn te reo Māori and doing nothing about it. Then she signed herself up, set herself a challenge to finish Level 1, and couldn't stop. She's now preparing to complete a New Zealand Diploma in Te Reo at

Southland is hosting the South Island's biggest Kī-o-Rahi tournament this weekend — and for the first time, it is not in Christchurch. The South Island Kī-o-Rahi tournament lands at Bain Park in Invercargill today and tomorrow, September 25 and 26, drawing teams from across the South Island in what

Fifty years to the day, Invercargill stopped to remember the only police officer ever killed in the line of duty in this city. A memorial plaque was unveiled today near the corner of Dee and Esk streets — the spot where Constable Peter Murphy was shot while responding to an armed

A Southland culinary scholarship programme just handed two students a career — and neither could be left out. The Scott Richardson Memorial Trust awarded two secondary school scholarships this year instead of the usual one, after spending three and a half days with applicants during the expanded student programme that preceded

Great South has hired a new General Manager Strategic Projects, bringing in Brett Telfer — a regional development veteran with more than 30 years' experience across New Zealand and international markets. Telfer's CV reads like a tour of the country's more ambitious economic corners. At Callaghan

Another massive season of motor racing looms at Teretonga Park in Invercargill between October and March with several exciting weekends of motor racing scheduled for the country's oldest motor racing circuit. Southerners will see a range of motorsport including top class international motor racing stars, the best of