With just three events remaining and 498 points separating the top four, athletes in The Ultimate Waterman will spend the next day preparing for a big final weekend of competition in Southland, New Zealand. Weather conditions and scheduling means a lay day has been called, allowing the Watermen down
Police are now in a position to release the names of the two people killed in the microlight crash at Kaka Point in the Catlins on Sunday. They were 30-year-old Thomas John Evans and 26-year-old Jenna Frances Craig, both of south Otago. Their families have asked for media outlets to please respect t
Australian newcomer to The Ultimate Waterman, Jackson Maynard (Currumbin), has triumphed in his first outing at the event smashing his opponents in the Prone Paddleboard discipline today (Saturday 1st April). The Prone Paddleboard is the first of eight disciplines being contested over the next nine
Two people are dead following a microlight aircraft crash near Kaka Point, south of Dunedin A St John spokesman confirmed two ambulances were sent to the scene, believed to be a farm in the area, and two helicopters were mobilised. Those helicopters were stood down once paramedics arrived at the sce
A massive commercial, residential hub is to be built on prime inner city land. whatsoninvers.nz can reveal that a deal has all but been done for a Russian / Oriental joint conglomerate to purchase the north half of Queens Park. It’s believed the as yet unnamed conglomerate will be paying top dollar
With just three events remaining and 498 points separating the top four, athletes in The Ultimate Waterman will spend the next day preparing for a big final weekend of competition in Southland, New Zealand. Weather conditions and scheduling means a lay day has been called, allowing the Watermen down
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
With just three events remaining and 498 points separating the top four, athletes in The Ultimate Waterman will spend the next day preparing for a big final weekend of competition in Southland, New Zealand. Weather conditions and scheduling means a lay day has been called, allowing the Watermen down
Lotto players from Papamoa and Nelson might be booking a holiday to more tropical weather tomorrow after each winning $500,000 with Lotto First Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. The winning Lotto tickets were sold at Pak n Save Papamoa in Papamoa and Countdown Nelson in Nelson. Powerball was no
Fiordland has turned on spectacular conditions on day four of The Ultimate Waterman, resulting in plenty of change in the overall standings after five of eight events. Defending champion Zane Schweitzer (HAW) has beaten Caio Vaz (BRA) to take out the SUP surfing competition. However, Vaz has jumped
Southland motorsport is in rude health at the moment with drivers from the province prominent in many different classes including Formula F1600. Several Southlanders competed in the category at national level this season, some at only selected rounds, but those that did the full New Zealand Champion
Police are now in a position to release the names of the two people killed in the microlight crash at Kaka Point in the Catlins on Sunday. They were 30-year-old Thomas John Evans and 26-year-old Jenna Frances Craig, both of south Otago. Their families have asked for media outlets to please respect t
Australian newcomer to The Ultimate Waterman, Jackson Maynard (Currumbin), has triumphed in his first outing at the event smashing his opponents in the Prone Paddleboard discipline today (Saturday 1st April). The Prone Paddleboard is the first of eight disciplines being contested over the next nine
Two people are dead following a microlight aircraft crash near Kaka Point, south of Dunedin A St John spokesman confirmed two ambulances were sent to the scene, believed to be a farm in the area, and two helicopters were mobilised. Those helicopters were stood down once paramedics arrived at the sce
A massive commercial, residential hub is to be built on prime inner city land. whatsoninvers.nz can reveal that a deal has all but been done for a Russian / Oriental joint conglomerate to purchase the north half of Queens Park. It’s believed the as yet unnamed conglomerate will be paying top dollar
