Southland

Police have sized more than one million dollars in cash and assets, as well as meth with an estimated street value of $12 million. In a major drug bust yesterday, (Wednesday 7th August) more than 150 police staff raided houses and commercial properties in Auckland, Canterbury and Southland. The seiz

Today’s $5 million investment announcement in Telford is much needed following months of uncertainty, Clutha-Southland MP Hamish Walker says. “While it’s a shame this announcement did not happen in January, as a strong supporter of rural and regional New Zealand I welcome the good news,” Mr Walker s

Here is the Southland Stags team to play the opening game of the season against will be playing Northland at Rugby Park Stadium tomorrow night (Thursday 7th August), 7.35pm.kick off. get your tickets now! https://whatsoninvers.nz/events/sit-zero-fees-southland-stags-v-northland/ Ethan De Groot Flynn

The Chamber of Commerce are extremely disappointed with the Minister’s announcements on Thursday saying SIT has been completely undervalued – it’s clear while the Minister says the words “we’ve listened”, the reality couldn’t be further from the truth for Southland. We have repeatedly stated our cas

Invercargill leaders are upset with the government’s decision to merge the country’s polytechnics, saying it will kill off Southland’s already successful model. Stand up for SIT campaign director Carla Forbes said “The minister is deaf to Southland – it’s appalling the minister has ‘chosen’ not to l

The government will merge SIT – Southern Institute of Technology with  15 other polytechnics into a single institute next year and replace all 11 industry training organisations within three years as part of a total overhaul of the vocational education system. Education Minister Chris Hipkins said t

The Health Select Committee has voted against a motion to investigate the decision to downgrade the Lumsden Maternity Centre. The Southern District Health Board announced last year the centre would become a hub where babies are only delivered in emergencies, but that decision has been criticised by

Invercargill Police are reminding people to be mindful of security following a series of burglaries and thefts from vehicles over the last two of weeks. Vehicles targeted include those parked up driveways, on street fronts, and in remote areas on walking and running tracks, often with valuables left