Southland

A fundraising campaign has been launched to help fund an innovative care facility in Invercargill that could become the cornerstone of elderly care in New Zealand. The Hawthorndale Care Village, which will be developed on the former Hawthorndale School site on Tay Street, will incorporate community-

The preliminary result for the election of four members of the Southern District Health Board – Otago Constituency held on Saturday 12th October is as follows. Former Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull has moved to his new public trough getting voted on to the Southern DHB board and Invercargill ICC councilor

Prelimanary results for Environment, Southland, and Gore District Council are in. Fiordland Constituency – number of vacancies = 1 BAIRD, Allan – 621 HODGKINSON, Roger – 404 Informal 0 Blank – 128 Hokonui Constituency – number of vacancies = 1 HUBBER, Grant – 935 MCDONALD, Peter – 1111 Informal – 5

The campaigner for better care for cancer patients, Blair Vining, has died aged 39. In a Facebook post, his family described him as an extraordinary man who had turned his personal tragedy into a battle for better cancer care for all New Zealanders. “He was the epitome of a humble Southland man who

The Southland Men’s Masters team has finished fourth at the South Island Interprovincial, played at Timaru at the weekend, but still managed to come home with a trophy. Southland lost to Canterbury 5 ½ – ½, to Aorangi 4-2, and halved with Tasman 3-all; and defeated Otago 4-2 to win the Paul Adams Tr

Powerball was not struck on Wednesday evening and has rolled over to Saturday night, where the jackpot will be $32 million. “Saturday’s $32 million Powerball jackpot is one of the largest in New Zealand history,” said Kirsten Robinson, Senior Corporate Communications Manager at Lotto NZ. “If a singl

Local shoe and apparel retailer Soled Out has donated 25 pairs of shoes to the Red Cross to be distributed to Invercargill refugee families. Soled Out’s Kevin Downie and Chris Montgomery, with Laurie Blyth from Frontrunner (NZ), presented the shoes to Mauricio from the Red Cross on Sunday 6 October.

The 49th South Island Clubs Table Tennis Tournament is being held at Stadium Southland in Invercargill on Friday 20 and Saturday 21 September. The tournament starts on Friday 20th September at 8.00am with the finals scheduled for Saturday 21st starting at 12.45pm. Play will be graded with competitio