Southland

I'm Katie, and I'm MAD, M-A-D. I mean, I have self-diagnosed Mother's Attention Deficit. More specifically, a unique and rare branch called CAD — Cooking Attention Deficit. Because of my condition, I've been almost entirely banned from the kitchen. The task causes procrastination

Fog cannons, not fire, sent two crews to Noel Leeming in Invercargill on Friday morning. Fire and Emergency was notified of an alarm activation at the store at 8:32am on August 22. Two crews from Invercargill station responded. The culprit: accidental activation of fog cannons. Crews cleared the smoke

The grounds around Invercargill's new regional museum are being reshaped, with landscaping works now under way as the Museum of Southland moves closer to its 2027 opening. Pathways, planting, seating and gathering spaces are all part of an exterior programme designed to pull the museum, Queens Park and

Gore District Council has dropped its support for the Government's Head Start local government reforms — not because it wants amalgamation, but because it wants residents to get a vote. The decision, made Tuesday, shifts the district's position toward the Local Government Commission process, which requires any

Southland patients have a new diagnostic scanner — and it does more than one job. Southland Hospital's radiology department has installed a GE Aurora SPECT-CT scanner, combining nuclear medicine and CT imaging technology in a single machine. It's already in use. Health New Zealand general manager of

The Data Grid project in Southland, New Zealand, represents a major new digital infrastructure aimed at establishing a world-class, highly efficient data center alongside a critical international subsea cable connection. Led by Remy and his team from Data Grid, the initiative seeks to capitalize on Southland’s favorable climate and

Invercargill Airport deliberately cut its own power last month to find out what would happen. The answer, it turns out, was worth knowing. The airport ran a planned blackout exercise, pulling mains power from the terminal, control tower and Airport Fire Service to test how critical systems switched to generator

Two separate crashes in Southland have each claimed a life, police have confirmed. A person has died in hospital following a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Grove Bush and Rakahoka Hedgehope Roads on August 10. The crash, involving a truck and a car, was reported at about 5.20pm.