Southland

The Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel have announced an exciting young roster ahead of the 2021 ANZ Premiership season. Silver Ferns midcourter Shannon Saunders and last season’s co-captain Te Huinga Reo Selby-Rickit lead the side, alongside three other returning players Kate Heffernan, Taneisha Fifit

Police are still investigating the circumstances leading to a house explosion and fire at a Rothesay Place address in Invercargill on the afternoon of Wednesday 9 September 2020 where a 28-year-old male and a 27-year-old female received hospital treatment for their burns. The two have since been rel

Heavy rain for the west of the South Island easing overnight Monday, gale west to northwest winds for central and southern New Zealand. A series of cold fronts, preceded by strong west to northwest flow and followed by cold southwesterlies, are expected to move north across the country overnight Mon

Fire and Emergency received a call shortly after 4am to the boat at Fisherman’s Wharf in Deepwater Basin. Brent Dunn from the Fire and Emergency southern communications centre said the Milford Sound Fire Brigade was fighting the fire. “Any crews which would normally respond from Te Anau are unable t

Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) Cookery students have been given the opportunity to collaborate with the Salvation Army, to prepare nutritious, ‘heat and eat’ meals for their food bank, all thanks to the donation of some frozen meat. The Salvation Army Food Bank was generously gifted meat rec

SIT Zero Fees Southland Stags v Hawkes Bay Rugby Park Stadium Invercargill Sunday September 13th 4.35pm Kick Off Closed to general Public, strictly no entry other than invited guests. Security will be on each gate with entry lists. Ethan de Groot Greg Pleasants-Tate Siate Tokolahi Manaaki Selby-Rick

Police are responding to an incident in Gore after reports of gunshots. A Police spokeswoman confirmed to whatsoninvers.nz that cordons are in place and AOS will be attending as a precaution. Messages to the What’s On Invers Facebook page suggested that gangs were involved. We have requested more in

Emergency services are refusing to say what caused an explosion at a Kāinga Ora-owned Invercargill home yesterday. Emergency services were called to the Rothesay Place house in the suburb of Rockdale shortly before 1.30pm yesterday following reports of an explosion. St John took two people to Southl