Southland

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

The Hawthorndale Care Village has signed an agreement with The Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) to build one of the 13 care homes in the proposed new village. This is a significant financial contribution to the construction of The Hawthorndale Care Village.  SIT trades faculty staff and studen

UPDATE: SH6 Five Rivers-Lumsden Highway is now OPEN and the earlier crash has now been cleared. A serious incident has been reported to emergency services in this area. SH 6 Between Lumsden and Lowther. NZTA advises to please delay your journey or use an alternative route. A Fire and Emergency spoke

The Southland Museum and Art Gallery (SMAG) Trust Board at its meeting on April 2 resolved to publicly release museum consultant Tim Walker’s report entitled Reinventing the Southland Museum. The report was received by the SMAG board in June 2019 but was not released due to several factors, includin