Southland

Police are now in a position to name the man who died following a boat rolling in Fiordland on Saturday afternoon. He was 57-year-old Peter John McKenzie, of Invercargill. Mr McKenzie and his two companions made it to shore near the river mouth at Wairaurahiri, but sadly Mr McKenzie had died by the

Firearm collection events will be held in Balclutha, Lawrence and Clinton this weekend, providing firearm owners an opportunity to hand in their prohibited firearm/s and parts for buyback. It’s also a chance for anyone to hand-in any firearm or part – no questions asked – under amnesty. If you hand-

Construction of the new Pyramid Bridge is expected to take considerably less time than previously estimated courtesy of design efficiencies. Gore District Council Transport Manager Peter Standring said this week construction of the bridge should take about six months from the time preliminary work w

Over the past fortnight Southland Police have executed a number of search warrants in various locations in relation to an ongoing focus on organised crime. The search warrants have resulted in a number of people arrested for a range of offences along with the recovery of methamphetamine, cash, and f

Invercargill is getting a loan of $19.5 million from the Provincial Growth Fund to help with a big redevelopment of the central city. The project to attract businesses and shoppers back to the CBD and put vacant or abandoned buildings into use is costing $165m. Regional Economic Development Minister

Lauren Phillips, a 21-year-old apprentice from Invercargill, is competing at the WorldSkills tournament in Russia this week. Is she nervous? ‘Not really’. Apprentice plumber Lauren Phillips laughing, again. Lauren Phillips, 21, apprehensively rolls up her left sleeve and flexes her muscles, as reque

Who remembers the Friday auctions at Todd & Co Auction House? While it has been a few years since the hammer fell for the last time, something new is now on the horizon. Hospice Invercargill is teaming up with Harcourts Auctioneer Sean Bellew for monthly Steptoe auctions on the last Friday of every

On Sunday 25th of August, Invercargill Airport will become the first regional airport in New Zealand to host a regular jet service with the arrival of the inaugural Air New Zealand flight between Auckland and Invercargill. Great South Chief Executive Ann Lockhart said the touchdown would be a signif