Southland

Southland District Council will submit a merger proposal for local government reform — even though most of the people it asked said not to. Councillors voted on Wednesday to back a Head Start proposal for two councils to govern the region: a Southland-Gore unitary council and an Invercargill unitary council. The

A crash on State Highway 98 this morning has closed a stretch of road in Southland after a power pole came down. SH98 ROSLYN BUSH, SOUTHLAND - CRASH - FINAL UPDATE 12:20PMSH98 is now OPEN after a prior crash between Mill Rd North and Kennington Roslyn Bush Rd. The

Southland councils have been scrambling to finalise their Head Start proposals before the August 9 deadline, with the Gore District hedging their bets across two. Invercargill City councillors voted today (August 6) to move ahead with their unitary authority model proposal for Southland, including Gore. But it wasn’t without

Alfred Nonu could make his debut for the SBS Bank Southland Stags this Sunday, when they travel to Palmerston North to face Manawatū. The match kicks off at 5.05pm at Central Energy Trust Arena, with Sean Withy named as captain. Nonu's inclusion is the headline selection — his

Gore District Council is staying in the room on local government reform — but making clear it hasn't agreed to anything yet. Following an extraordinary council meeting today, Gore agreed to keep exploring reform proposals from both Invercargill City Council and Southland District Council under the Government's

Nearly 500 New Zealand Army Reserve Force soldiers and 40 Australian Army Reservists have wrapped up a major warfighting exercise across Southland, culminating in a dawn attack near Waikaia. Exercise Tauwharenīkau — the Army's premier Reserve Force warfighting exercise — saw troops flown into Invercargill by C-130J Hercules before being

A programme upgrading 45 of Southland's small and remote schools is benefiting students across the province. "It's really positive that the work of the Small Schools Upgrade Programme continues to support hundreds of students around Invercargill and Southland - and reduces the burden of maintenance

Two of Australia's most in-demand 2D animation artists flew to the bottom of the country to spend a day with SIT students — and left impressed enough to say Invercargill was the highlight of their New Zealand tour. Melbourne-based Colin Bennett, widely known in animation circles by his online