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Fresh New Brand For Southland District Council

Oct 03, 2017

Today Southland District Council launches its new brand. With a slogan of leading the way, Council is setting some aspirational aims in its story of what it wants to be known as. “We are very proud of our new brand and what it represents,” Mayor Gary Tong said. “We are very proud of our history […]

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Westpac Southland Business Excellence Award Winners (Video & Full List)

Business - Sep 30, 2017

FI Innovations has taken home the Westpac Supreme Award along with winning the Market South Innovation Award and were also finalists in both the Crowe Horwath Primary and Primary Services Sector Awards and the Southland Times Consumer Sector Award. Directors Gareth and Melissa Dykes say they are alw

Christmas At The Races – $3000 Prize Winners Announced

Entertainment - Sep 30, 2017

Two groups have won a total of $3000 towards the cost of their marquee packages for Christmas at the Races at the Ascot Park Racecourse in Invercargill to be held in December. In a press release this week (September 27) from the Southland Racing Club, event manager Andrea Thomas confirmed Jenn Cork

Barluca Power Cut Didn’t Stop Patrons Enjoying The Night

Entertainment - Sep 30, 2017

Early this Friday morning, young patrons still enjoying their Thursday night at Barluca were struck by a surprise around 12:50am when the power was cut off. For most people it was a bit of fun and they carried on with the night, even turning to their own singing to keep the night going. “People were

Building Portfolio Purchase A “Strategic” Move To Create New Heart In Invercargill

Councils - Sep 29, 2017

Further to whatsoninvers.nz breaking news story earlier this week, HWCP Management Ltd announced in a press statement today (September 28) confirming the company’s purchase of a portfolio of “strategic” CBD properties in Invercargill. Company directors, Scott O’Donnell and Lindsay Thomas, were pleas

Oct 03, 2017 Fresh New Brand For Southland District Council

by Mike Sanford

Technology - Oct 03, 2017 SIT’s New Television Commercial – Featuring Mayor Tim by Mike Sanford

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Weather - Oct 02, 2017 Awarua Synergy Severe Weather Warning by Mike Sanford

Southland - Oct 01, 2017 What A Nice Day For A Traction Engine Commute – From Winton To Bluff by Mike Sanford

Business - Sep 30, 2017 Westpac Southland Business Excellence Award Winners (Video & Full List) by Mike Sanford

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Nightcaps Teacher's Songs Get Animated

News - Aug 10, 2026

A Nightcaps music teacher's songs, written nearly two decades ago and largely sitting in a drawer, are now animated videos watched by children across the country — thanks to a collaboration with SIT's screen arts programme in Invercargill. Nicky Fryer, a teacher aide and music teacher at

Labour Slumps as Opportunity Surges

News - Aug 10, 2026

Three months out from the election, the government is clinging to a two-seat majority — and a new party just made things considerably more complicated. The latest Taxpayers' Union-Curia Poll has the Opportunity Party breaking five percent in a mainstream public poll for the first time, landing on 6.1

Report Challenges Fair Share Tax Claims

News - Aug 10, 2026

New Zealand's top one percent of earners pay more income tax than the entire bottom half of the country. That's the central claim in a new handbook from the Taxpayers' Union, released this week as the 2026 election campaign heats up. The group says its

Southland Sharks Win National Basketball Title

Sport + Motorsport - Aug 09, 2026

The Southland Sharks are national basketball champions, beating the Wellington Saints 104-101 in overtime in Invercargill. Last year the Saints ended the Sharks' season at the same stage. Saturday's result was payback — hard-fought, down to the wire, and settled only in extra time. Sharks captain Sam Timmins