The 2017 World Shearing and Woolhandling Championships, held in Invercargill in February, was widely heralded as the best event in the competition’s 40-year history. Independent analysis has backed that up, revealing a $6.78 million to $7.48 million economic impact to the Southland economy. The repo

Invercargill City Council Deputy Mayor, Darren Ludlow, is to step aside from the role and has this morning formally notified Mayor Tim Shadbolt of his intentions. Cr Ludlow met with His Worship the Mayor and Chief Executive Richard King at 8.15am this morning, to advise them of his decision and pres

The HW Richardson Group have acquired two further Invercargill city centre buildings, with the recent purchase of the former ASB building at 63 Esk St and the building at 42 Tay St, which currently housed Art Fun Wear. Speaking to whatsoninvers.nz today (April 26) Group director and Property arm CEO

A 47-year-old man has been charged with murder in connection with the fatal shooting of a woman in Invercargill last night He has also been charged with attempted murder in relation to the second victim. The charges were laid at a court hearing which took place at Southland Hospital in Invercargill

UPDATE: Fatal shooting in Invercargill A woman has died following a shooting incident in Invercargill last night. A second person was also shot during the incident and has been transferred to hospital with serious injuries. Video: from NZ Herald. Video: One News –//– Invercargill Police are respondi

Mal’s Music Memory pt 2 An ANZAC Day Special. I heard this on the wireless this morning and immediately thought this deserves a whirl seeing it’s ANZAC Day and it’s by Southlander Jackie Bristow. The video also tells it like it was on the battlefields and in the trenches in WW!

Tomorrow morning (April 25), the Last Post will ring out, as people pay their respects to servicemen and woman on Anzac Day, throughout New Zealand. Invercargill Sevice: Cenotaph, Dee St, 7am Eastern Cemetery, 9am NZEF association at 177 Don Street, 10am Winton Service: Anzac Oval, Great North Rd, 7

ANZAC Day tomorrow and who is going to a Dawn Parade commemoration anywhere around Southland. And if you will be marking ANZAC day in a different country please let us know. We’d love to hear about it. Anyway what to choose for a Mal’s Musical Memory. I’ve come up with John Williamson’s Digger’s Of