The mighty crane dominating the skyline of Invercargill’s CBD now has a name – Lofty the Yellow Lifter. Invercargill youngsters were given the chance to stamp their mark on the crane with a joint “Name the Crane” competition run by ILT and Leighs Construction. The funky new moniker is the creation o
The National Party is making some new promises about Southland’s tertiary education sector, in response to the government’s Reform of Vocational Education. Deputy party leader Nikki Kaye was in Invercargill today for the opening of new candidate Penny Simmond’s official office, and had some strong w
Sport Southland hosts the annual celebration of sporting achievement on behalf of the Southland Amateur Sports Trust and is presenting the Awards online for the first time. It was a great outing for the athletics community with Te Anau policeman Dwight Grieve winning the NZME Masters Achievement of
Southland rugby great Leicester Rutledge, world junior rowing champion Shakira Mirfin and Invercargill physiotherapist Karl McDonald have been honoured on the opening night of the 2020 ILT Southland Sports Awards. The awards are being presented digitally for the first time this year, with a total of
Statement from the family of Hunter MacIntosh: Our son, Hunter Arthur MacIntosh, was nine years old when he tragically died in his bedroom on 30 October last year. Today is about Hunter. As you have heard in Court he was very much loved by so many and this tragedy has been overwhelming and devastati
An Ōtautau teenager will spend at least 11 years behind bars for the murder of a nine-year-old boy Hunter MacIntosh. The offender can now be revealed as Daniel Cameron. The 16-year-old lost name suppression at today’s sentencing in the High Court in Invercargill. Cameron, then 15, strangled and stab
A radio voice from the past is returning. Former general manager of The Radio Network of stations in Southland, Lee Piper is returning as host of the new The Country Sports Breakfast show. Piper’s show will be heard on the AM frequencies vacated by the sudden shutdown of Radio Sport at the end of Ma
Repairs will soon be under way to fix substantial damage to the Around the Mountains Cycle Trail caused by Southland’s February floods. ATMCT manager Susan Mackenzie said a funding injection of $379,793 plus GST approved in May by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) would have
