The lives of rural New Zealanders are at risk every day because of poor connectivity and inequitable health services, a rural health leader says. Dr Martin London, chair of the Rural Health Alliance of Aotearoa New Zealand (RHAANZ), says government needs to help remove barriers so rural people’s he
Ben Duffy of Otago and Debbie Garrett of Southland took the Men’s and Ladies Singles titles respectively at the recent Southland Open Table Tennis Championships played in Invercargill. Duffy, the top seed, defeated former Aucklander and second seed Lingnan Kong who is now based in Otago in the Men’s
This week the spotlight goes in New Zealand Country Music with the 44th New Zealand Gold Guitar Awards being held in Gore, the home of New Zealand country music. This is no small beer event. Over 700 contestants from all over New Zealand find their way to Gore to perform in front of audiences totall
Tickets to this year’s ILT Kidzone Festival are on sale now. The festival, being held from Wednesday, July 12 to Monday, July 17, at James Hargest College, Senior Campus, is one of Southland’s most popular family events, and is jam-packed with hundreds of hands-on activities for kids. This six day f
Winter may not officially start until the 1st of June, however we’ve already had some cold days to remind us it is on its way. This is a timely reminder for drivers to take care in winter conditions. We want every journey for all road users to be a safe one. Motorists need to make […]
The lives of rural New Zealanders are at risk every day because of poor connectivity and inequitable health services, a rural health leader says. Dr Martin London, chair of the Rural Health Alliance of Aotearoa New Zealand (RHAANZ), says government needs to help remove barriers so rural people’s he
Two hundred and fifty student projects. Forty years. And for the first time, the sponsors are competing too.
The NZAS Southland Science and Technology Fair opens to the public this Wednesday, marking four decades of the region's biggest student science event. Running August 11 to 14 at a
Southland is holding up where most of the country isn't.
Seven months into 2026, the region has recorded a 3.1% increase in average home values — one of just three regions in positive territory nationally, alongside Canterbury (1.3%) and Otago (2.8%). Invercargill is up 0.1%
Southland District Council is spending its $1 million Milford Sound windfall on public toilets.
Council agreed at its meeting on Wednesday to direct the money — received from selling its two percent shareholding in Milford Sound Tourism Limited — toward renewing and upgrading public toilets along the main tourist route through Southland
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
Someone keeps turning Invercargill's Gala St fountain into a bubble bath — and it's costing ratepayers more than $5000 a year to clean up.
The soap suds prank, a recurring nuisance at the city centre fountain, requires staff to neutralise the foam with vinegar around 50 times
The lives of rural New Zealanders are at risk every day because of poor connectivity and inequitable health services, a rural health leader says. Dr Martin London, chair of the Rural Health Alliance of Aotearoa New Zealand (RHAANZ), says government needs to help remove barriers so rural people’s he
Clutha-Southland MP Todd Barclay has welcomed a funding increase of $31 million for the Southern District Health Board as part of Budget 2017. Health Minister Dr Jonathan Coleman has announced that the Southern DHB will receive an extra $31 million in new money this year, taking the DHB’s total fund
Track cycling’s annual corporate pursuit has been bolstered with the announcement of Architecture Unlimited as the new naming sponsor for this year’s event. Passionate supporters of cycling, Architecture Unlimited owners Wayne and Linda Partridge said taking on the popular business house track event
Quit now – it’s about whānau is the message for this year’s World Smokefree Day on Wednesday 31 May, and it starts in Southern homes and communities. The Smokefree team at Southern DHB is encouraging people who smoke to make the most of the occasion and stop for good. It’s a message local artist Ca
Ben Duffy of Otago and Debbie Garrett of Southland took the Men’s and Ladies Singles titles respectively at the recent Southland Open Table Tennis Championships played in Invercargill. Duffy, the top seed, defeated former Aucklander and second seed Lingnan Kong who is now based in Otago in the Men’s
This week the spotlight goes in New Zealand Country Music with the 44th New Zealand Gold Guitar Awards being held in Gore, the home of New Zealand country music. This is no small beer event. Over 700 contestants from all over New Zealand find their way to Gore to perform in front of audiences totall
Tickets to this year’s ILT Kidzone Festival are on sale now. The festival, being held from Wednesday, July 12 to Monday, July 17, at James Hargest College, Senior Campus, is one of Southland’s most popular family events, and is jam-packed with hundreds of hands-on activities for kids. This six day f
Winter may not officially start until the 1st of June, however we’ve already had some cold days to remind us it is on its way. This is a timely reminder for drivers to take care in winter conditions. We want every journey for all road users to be a safe one. Motorists need to make […]
