Southland

The Bluff Oyster & Food Festival will not be held in 2022. The festival organising committee met recently to discuss this year’s event amid the threat of Covid outbreaks and subsequent possible rapid changes to the traffic light settings and voted unanimously to cancel this year’s Festival which was

Environment Southland’s latest monitoring has found high levels of toxic algae at the Aparima River at Otautau. There are already three other active toxic algae warnings in the region; the Waikaia River at Mahers Beach, the Hamilton Burn at Affleck Road and the Waiau River near Excelsior Creek. This

Defending champion Daniel Jones and New Zealand trail running star Ruth Croft have completed two of the best finishing times ever recorded to win a delayed 2021 Kepler Challenge in Te Anau today. Traditionally held on the first weekend of December, Covid uncertainty prompted organisers to move the e

Southern Institute of Technology is rolling out a new delivery mode for Screen Arts students this year; Hybrid-Flexible (HyFlex) Delivery offers a greater variety of ways to engage in study, with flexibility of learning the most obvious benefit, there are other positive outcomes expected as well. SI

Once one of the most prolific winners in New Zealand woolhandling, Amy-Lee Ferguson has ended an eight-year drought by winning the New Zealand Longwool Championships Open final at the Northern Southland Community Shears on Friday. As Amy-Lee Ruki, from Invercargill, she was Shearing Sports New Zeala

The Lumsden Heritage Trust has brought a historic steam locomotive back to Southland, where it will enhance the trust’s already impressive heritage rail display in the northern Southland town. The 19th century D Class locomotive D6 arrived on Saturday morning at Bulleid Engineering, in Winton, where

When Nick Kergozou crossed the line for his team at the 2022 New Zealand Cycle Classic last week, in his first UCI road race win, Julian Ineson was the man addressing the crowd. Nick’s former primary school teacher and the man responsible for getting him into the world of cycling, Julian is the voic

A spate of warm weather has forced Southland District Council to activate water restrictions throughout the region. In Riverton, urgent water conservation is needed and a complete sprinkler ban is now in place. Southland District Council manager operations and programming – water and waste services