An Invercargill man who dumped about 40 broken vacuum cleaners and other dangerous rubbish on conservation land has been fined a total of $1150 and ordered to pay clean-up costs of $1205.63. Micheal Joseph O’Connell was convicted in the Invercargill District Court on Tuesday for arranging to deposit

Updated: list of winner locations and outlets. 0 Strike players from around the country will celebrating a well-timed Christmas bonus after winning $14, 913 in last night’s live Lotto draw. The Strike Must Be Won jackpot of $700,000 was not won by a single ticket and therefore rolled down to Divisio

Everyday people doing exceptional things were the toast of the town last night as Southland honoured its very own “Local Heroes”. As part of the 2018 Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year Awards, the 10 winners of the Local Heroes category were presented with their awards at a special medal presentatio

Police have this morning made enquiries into a disturbing video shared online, which shows a kitten in Southland being killed. Constable Chris Wakelin said We have identified those responsible, who are all aged between 11 and 16 years old. The offenders will all be interviewed and referred to the In

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has identified 4 new properties as positive for the bacterial cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis and strongly suspects one further property. One of the latest infected properties is in the Hastings district, the other 3 are within a farming enterprise in Winton

The Southland Softball Association has received a major boost to the development of its proposed new regional facility in Surrey Park with the confirmation today of a $250,0000 grant from the Lottery Grants Board Community Facilities Fund. Southland Softball president Rata Hopa said ‘Our association

A hugely popular Pacific Island Sports Tournament was held earlier this year, with the help of Sport Southland, and brought together teams across a range of ages to play a variety of sports. When Aiga and Tulua noticed younger people starting to come to the youth group, they realised a separate grou

Southland Hospital Children’s Services received a massive $87,829 from the Countdown Kids Hospital Appeal on Thursday 7 December, following a three-month fundraising effort from Countdown staff, customers and suppliers around the country. The funds were handed over Thursday 7 December Morning during