Southland

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

Police continue to make enquiries into the fatal crash in Makarewa on 2 September. The teenager in Dunedin Hospital has improved but remains in a critical condition. Police would now like to hear from the driver of a maroon coloured Toyota Prado or similar that was travelling south on SH6 shortly af

Emergency services are responding to reports of an explosion at a building in Rothesay Place in the Rockdale area. Police were alerted to the incident just before 1.30pm. Initial indications are that three people may have been injured, two with serious injuries were taken by St John ambulance to Sou

UPDATE: Road now open. SH 1 Edendale, near Clark Road, Road Closed due to a crash, the road is closed. A detour is in place. Please follow the detour and allow for extra travel time. There were no fatal or serious injuries. Detour route: Eastbound traffic use Homestead Road, onto Hilda Road, back on

A dispute over responsibility for 8500 tonnes of toxic waste in Southland is heading to court. The Environmental Defence Society is this morning seeking a ruling from the Environment Court over who has ultimate responsibility for removing the ouvea premix from Mataura’s disused papermill. A byproduc