Southland

The first 11km section of the flood-damaged Lower Hollyford Road will be repaired. A meeting of key stakeholders including Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency, Southland District Council, Ngāi Tahu and the Department of Conservation agreed this morning that work on this would begin as soon as possible.

This Saturday 4.35pm Rugby Park Stadium SIT Zero Fees Southland Stags v North Harbour The time has come for Stags fans to flood back to Rugby Park Stadium and the support of supporters on the day will get our boys across the line. Tickets are available at ILT Stadium Southland, Ticketek.co.nz or at

Police in Southland are reassuring the community after they executed several search warrants around Gore and Mataura this morning. Officers supported by detectives and members of the armed offenders squads from Invercargill and Dunedin raided four properties in the townships at 7am. Senior Sergeant

Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) graduate Stefenpon Sitindjak has been selected as a finalist in an international brand cooking competition. The chef who’s passionate about food is looking forward to flying the flag of his home nation, by adding an authentic Indonesian twist to his particular

Awarua Synergy is chipping in with a donation to a new Invercargill food bank this week, chief executive Sumaria Beaton says. Nga Kete Matauranga Pounamu Charitable Trust was launching a new food bank called Pataka Oranga in Invercargill and the team at Awarua Synergy were keen to help out with a do

It’s all go for a weekend of big celebrations for a long-established Invers sports club. Waihopai AFC is marking 70 years playing the round ball game this weekend. Formed in 1950 Waihopai AFC is one of Southland’s leading football clubs and Southland’s most successful Southern League side. The Waiho

After 20 years in the job, ILT Stadium Southland boss Nigel Skelt has become pretty resilient about things not always going to plan. And when he needs some downtime to reflect on business decisions that may have gone awry, he grabs the hoover. Both at home and at work, he said if there’s a lux […]

One Bay down, one to go! Rugby Southland released the Stags team for this weekends match against Bay Of Plenty. Our SIT Zero Fees Southland Stags take on Bay Of Plenty this Saturday in Rotorua Kick Off 7.05pm Live Sky Sport 1 The team: Joe Walsh Greg Pleasants-Tate Siate Tokolahi Raymond Tatafu Mana