Janice Lee and the Koha Kai team received a visit from the Hon Peeni Henare,Minister for Community, Minister for Youth, Minister for Whanau Ora and Associate Minister of Social Development Janice says He has been visiting our Regions looking at local initiatives which are working effectively and mak

Celebrating Heritage Month we take a look back at the 1954 Royal Visit across New Zealand ending in Invercargill then departing from Bluff. They also attended the Royal A&P Show. Photos are from a commemorative magazine of the time we have selected all Southland pics with a couple from Otago.

Invercargill pairing Boyd Wilson and Jordan Michels won the final race of the season at Teretonga Park on Saturday in a Ford Falcon. The pair combined to win the A1 Auto Services 1 Hour Race at the event presented by Downer, crossing the line almost 29 seconds ahead of another Invercargill driver, J

Hey there team and St Patrick’s Day greetings from WOI…. A St Paddy’s Day double banger Mal’s Music memory to get us going. First up a perennial favourite from The Pogues The Mountain Dew followed by one of Ireland’s best musical exports, Thin Lizzy doing Emerald from their ground breaking ( and ear

EXCLUSIVE: Daily newspaper The Southland Times re launches as a tabloid print size (same as the Invercargill Eye or Southland Express) Monday – Friday from 30 April going by the demo copy that advertisers have been given. Why its taken Fairfax so long to resize the paper who knows, but its great doe

Growing the Gore District’s population by 1500 people by 2030 is the ambitious aim of a development project launched in Gore this week. Ready for Growth is a community-led project that will focus on shaping the District’s future economic and social aspirations and goals. It was initiated by the Gore

It will a midweek celebration for a lucky Lotto player from Auckland after winning $1 million with Lotto First Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. The winning ticket was sold at Countdown Mt Roskill in Auckland. Powerball was not struck this evening and has rolled over to Saturday night, where th

The future of musical theatre in Southland is in great hands. Invercargill Musical Theatre’s second youth production, Disney Beauty and the Beast, is every bit as good as the first, The Wizard of Oz, with engaging leads, strong ensemble work, lively choreography, and clever stage sets. It dazzles, d