The Bluff Oyster & Food Festival which takes place in Bluff this Saturday (May 20), will have no gate sales, as tickets for the popular event have sold out. As always the iconic Bluff Oyster will be the star attraction with around 20,000 of the delicacy on hand. Food stalls will also provide other s

Katrina Thomas from western Southland has won the Dairy Women’s Network’s Dairy Community Leadership Award. The award was presented at the Dairy Women’s Network’s annual conference held in Queenstown. Awarded to an unsung heroes of rural communities it recognises the voluntary role dairy farming wom

At the recent Multiple District 202 Convention of Lions Clubs International, held in Tauranga, Graeme Wilson of Invercargill was elected as the Council Chairman for New Zealand for the 2017 – 2018 year. Graeme, Invercargill Kiwibank Branch Manager, is currently the District Governor for District 202

Pushed all the way, the Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel weathered a searching examination before subduing a gallant WBOP Magic 65-61 in Rotorua on Sunday. Losing to the Steel by 13 goals five weeks ago, Magic came a lot closer second time around, the pair delivering a thrilling clash as momentum swu

Southland squash player Mitchell Kempton (17) won the Southland Junior Open title yesterday (May 13), for the fourth consecutive year and will find out next week if will be chosen to represent New Zealand at the World Junior Squash Championships to be held in Tauranga in July. Mitchell, one of two S

A full consultation document reflecting what ‘the community’ wants in an Art Centre was released this week – highlighting Stage One of Invercargill’s Art Centre Project. The Southland Regional Development Strategy’s (SoRDS) action plan document released in November last year, lists the art gallery d

Traffic lights at the intersection of Elles Road and Martin and Janet Streets will be turned off from 8am to 5pm on Sunday (14 May 2017) while the traffic light pole tops are replaced. A traffic diversion will allow traffic on Elles Road to travel straight through and turn left into either Janet Str

Southern Police are attending a crash on State Highway One, near the intersection of the Lorne-Dacre Rd involving three cars and moderately injuring two people. Two other people were involved but are uninjured. Emergency services were called to the scene, between Invercargill and Gore, at 1:48pm thi