Update: Monday 29th Jan Emergency services were called to attend a single vehicle crash on the Tarras-Cromwell Highway just after 3:00pm yesterday, Sunday 28 January. The southbound Toyota Previa vehicle was travelling on a flat straight section of highway when it left the road and hit a large bould

Due to available fire crews at the Dongwha manufacturing plant fire a night shift crew had to attend a possible fire danger at CocoBella on Dee Street, owner operator Tracy Stenhouse, I popped into work to process the weekends internet and party plan orders, Nek Minute  one of the lights in the desp

A fire started in one of the dryer cyclones at the Southland factory just before 8am. Tthere were eleven fire crews at the scene with firefighters from Mataura, Gore, Edendale, Wyndham and Invercargill all in attendance. What we know: there were eleven fire crews at the scene firefighters were using

The Invercargill City Council is banning domestic outdoor hose use because of extreme low flows in the Oreti River, effective Sunday, 28 January. Water Manager Alister Murray said because of the continuing dry weather the Oreti River flows had continued to fall, and were forecast to fall even furthe

Fire and Emergency New Zealand is predicting very high to extreme fire dangers across Southland this week. Southland has had a total of 30 fires since the beginning of January. Fourteen of the fires have occurred after a total fire ban was imposed on Monday 14 th of January 2018. Fire and Emergency

Southland farmers are being encouraged to consider how they can take advantage of increasing opportunities in tourism. Venture Southland is hosting four agritourism information sessions across the region from October 23-26, to highlight potential tourism opportunities for Southland farmers. The info

New Zealand’s elderly are among some of the country’s most vulnerable, with alarming reports of social isolation and loneliness, mental wellbeing and access to health care services being just a handful of the issues facing our elderly people. But, one Invercargill rest home is doing its part to make

An Independent Community Advisory Panel in Invercargill is asking for the community’s feedback on dog rehoming and euthanasia in the area. Following the public response to a video showing a dog being euthanised by captive bolt in 2017, the Invercargill City Council suspended use of the euthanasia me