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Borland Lodge faces an uncertain future Borland Lodge is one of Southland’s most loved destinations and has been providing unique outdoor education and leisure activities to schools, New Zealanders and their families and overseas visitors for nearly 50 years. Borland Lodge is a jewel in the Southlan

Many tributes were paid to outgoing Chairman Of The Board, Jeff Walker, at the recent Southland Football AGM as he was farewelled after a contribution to the administration of the sport that began in 1998. Walker stood down at the meeting as Nick Hamlin took over as the incoming Chairman. Walker, or

Southland’s together space, the collaboration between the Invercargill Public Art Gallery and the Southland Museum and Art Gallery, is to be called He Waka Tuia Art + Museum. Shared with the Art + Museum by Iwi Liaison Komiti Michael Skerrett, Shona Fordyce, Peggy Peek, Taare Bradshaw and Evelyn Coo

Southland Police continue to investigate the disappearance of Dale Watene and now hold grave concerns for his safety. The 40-year-old was last seen on Thursday 16 April, and is described as being of thin build and 183cm tall. Police are undertaking an examination of the Otautau address where he was

There will be no red carpet for the ILT 2020 Sports Awards this year. Like anything involving a major gathering, the iconic awards, which were first staged in 1953, will be held online this year. Presented annually by Sport Southland, the awards are owned by the Southland Amateur Sports Trust (SAST)

WasteNet Southland and Southland disAbility Enterprises are pleased to announce recycling processing services will restart on Monday, May 11. Due to COVID-19, manual recycling processing services were not able to be safely conducted at Alert Level 4, resulting in recycling being disposed to landfill

Community Trust South has today announced the appointment of Trish Boyle as the new Chair of Community Trust South. Trish takes over the Trust’s role of Chair from Penny Simmonds effective from 1 May 2020, Penny’s term as Trustee is due to finish at the end of May 2020. Lindsay Wright will remain as

Invercargill Police are seeking sightings of a vehicle in relation to missing man Dale Watene, who was last seen on April 16 in Otautau. Mr Watene had been using a blue 1995 Isuzu SUV style vehicle (pictured below) registration CGE638. This vehicle was located by Police on April 18 at Holt Park in O