Southland

A giant pāua shell that is the pride of a small Southland town was destined for Trade Me before a concerned member of the community stepped in and saved the day. Now it is staying where it belongs — in the seaside town it was created. The Riverton pāua shell, which is lined with 1000 […]

The Chairman, Mr Rex Chapman, opened the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting at Bluff today with the introduction of South Port’s new logo and Māori motto which was recently adopted by the Port following extensive consultation with Te Rūnunga o Awarua. “Our purpose is ‘to facilitate the best logistic sol

After a long search for the key position of Operational and Development Manager Southland Football is pleased to announce that local football identity Iain Walker has accepted the role to assist in taking the local organisation forward. Walker will be familiar to many in the community due to his pre

Adventure, Conservation, Technology, Camping, Crafts, Community action and advocacy – GirlGuiding NZ is a place where girls can be girls, where they will discover their passions, contribute to their communities, and form friendships in a safe and positive environment. GirlGuiding NZ delivers their g

Like pasta is to Italy, so is the Bluff Oyster to Southland, and a new strategy shows how Southland could become a food travellers’ paradise – just like the European nation. The Southland Murihiku Food Tourism Strategy released this week has been created by Great South, based on analysis undertaken

The 2021 National Basketball season may not have ended the way Alonzo Burton had hoped, but he is using last year’s late season injury as fuel ahead of his 2022 return to the Southland Sharks. Burton was forced to sit out the Sharks’ NBL semifinal loss to Hawke’s Bay in July as a broken finger […]

Environment Southland’s latest monitoring has found elevated levels of toxic algae at Hamilton Burn, at Affleck Road. Toxic algae (benthic cyanobacteria) can be recognised at rivers and streams as a green/brown slime on rocks, or dark brown/black mats at the water’s edge. Several factors can contrib

Fonterra shareholders have today given the Co-operative’s new capital structure proposal the green light with 85.16% of the total farmer votes in support of the proposal. The final votes on the capital structure proposal were cast at a Special Meeting in Invercargill early this afternoon. Chairman P