Southland

Police are investigating a suspicious fire on Main Street, Mataura on Sunday 26 July. The fire was located burning among macrocarpa trees in the rear section of a residential property at around 3am. The fire was well involved and had destroyed a garden shed on the property. Police would like to hear

The resilience of the Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel shone through when they upset the Northern Mystics 47-41 at the Auckland Netball Centre on Sunday. Injury-ravaged after losing two shooters to major injury, the Steel suffered another blow when playmaking Trinidad & Tobabgo shooting import Kalifa

Move it now, and make Rio Tinto pay later. That’s the message from Mataura to the government after freezing weather burst a sprinkler head at the disused paper mill in the Southland town where 8500 tonnes of potentially toxic waste is stored. The ouvea premix, a waste byproduct from the Tiwai Point

Arts and heritage is back near the top of the Invercargill City Council’s agenda, after councillors agreed to back deputy Mayor Toni Biddle’s motion to fast track Southland Museum plans. Although the focus may now be on re-opening the museum rather than a major redevelopment, Toni said she was just

Just over a week since launching the ‘Buy a Brick’ campaign, the Southland Charity Hospital has managed to raise in excess of $129,000. “We’ve been absolutely blown away by the response we have had to our ‘Buy a Brick’ campaign – it’s a testament not only to Blair and Melissa Vining, who were the dr

The Southland Mayoral Forum is focusing on ensuring Southland communities have a strong, vibrant future no matter what the next 14 months may bring. This follows yesterday’s announcement by Rio Tinto that it plans to close the Tiwai Aluminium Smelter in August 2021. Mayoral forum chair Gore District

Southland industries are warning new jobs for smelter workers affected by their employer closing shop won’t be available overnight. One of the region’s major employers the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter is closing – 1000 people will lose their jobs, and a further 1600 workers in the supply chains wil

Rio Tinto will start planning for the wind-down of operations and the eventual closure of New Zealand Aluminium Smelters (NZAS) following the conclusion of its strategic review which has shown the business is no longer viable given high energy costs and a challenging outlook for the Aluminum industr