Southland

The 20/21 sports fishing season is almost upon us and this season is not one to be missed. Southland residents are spoilt with an abundance of rivers, streams and lakes that are close to main centres, have easy access and healthy trout populations. If you are a beginner angler there is no better pla

Seven war memorials will soon receive some extra special treatment, thanks to funding from the Provincial Growth Fund (PGF). Invercargill City Council has received $680,000 from PGF for the restoration work on the important monuments. The Council applied for the funding when PGF offered the one-time

Police are seeking witnesses to an aggravated robbery at the Pomona Street Discount Dairy, Invercargill on Saturday night. At around 8:45pm, two men have approached the store and one man presented a metal bar at the store worker, who has run away and called Police. The offenders then entered the sto

Champions were crowned in categories ranging from under 13 to 85-plus in the Outdoor H&J Smith Southland Road and Time Trial Championships that took place over the weekend. The time trial took place on Saturday, with riders facing rather challenging weather conditions as they set off on their solo e

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