Southland

Police are appealing for information in relation to an earlier crash on Athol-Five Rivers Highway near the Jollies Pass in Athol, Southland on Friday. The single-vehicle crash involving a SUV was reported around 4.40pm. Before the crash, a grey sedan believed to have been travelling southbound along

Applications are now open for Sport NZ’s new fund – Tū Manawa Active Aotearoa – for community-based programmes and projects targeting children and young people at most risk of missing out or being less active. Just over $326,000 of the fund will be available in Southland over the next 12 months, to

Stewart Island photographer/artist Laire Purik’s isolation project has almost hit the $10,000 mark, only a week after it started Pledgeme campaign. Lairka Photography needs $12,000 to publish the soon-to-be historic book ‘Copeisolation’ – which features life for many of the islanders during lockdown

Build it and they will come…. the Southland Charity Hospital is calling on all tradespeople in the area to help turn its vision into a reality. An information evening will be held tomorrow night (Wednesday, August 26), for tradies to be involved in helping get the hospital project off the ground. Th

Sad news from with the passing of Elizabeth Miller ANZLA, MBE ( Miss Miller), Dreamweaver. Miss Miller had a unique talent for bringing books and stories to life for hundreds upon hundreds of children over many years as well as being a long serving librarian. As some have already commented, Miss Mil

A classic mate-against-mate showdown is looming for Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel co-captains Te Huinga Reo Selby-Rickit and Gina Crampton tomorrow. The duo will go head-to-head in the coaching ranks at the helm of the two teams contesting an exhibition match before the ANZ Premiership Grand Final

A new agriculture redeployment programme through the Southern Institute of Technology’s rural campus (Telford), has quickly filled a gap in the rural contracting sector. The programme was introduced in June in response to the post-lockdown job market, and to help fill employment needs in the rural s

Sam Colyer may never compete in long jump or triple jump again after a severe foot dislocation from rugby in July. The former New Zealand under-18 and under-20 champion jumper is currently in plaster after recovering from two surgeries, and still faces weeks of rehabilitation. “I will never have the