For our strong Dutch community across Southland – Dutch King and Queen to visit New Zealand   His Majesty King Willem-Alexander and Her Majesty Queen Máxima of The Netherlands will visit New Zealand from 7 to 9 November 2016. The King and Queen will be accompanied by Foreign Minister Bert Koenders a

Update:  Name release – fatal crash Edendale, Southland “ Police can now name the woman killed in a fatal crash on Edendale-Wyndham Road, on the Mataura River Bridge in Southland on Thursday 15 September. She was 18-year-old Hayley Taylor. Police extend their sympathies to Hayley’s friends and famil

Yay and double Yay!!!! That’s for local Italian Restaurant Mama Lina bringing in a specialist pizza oven. Can just about smell it all now, beautiful……a proper pizza with all those wonderful Italian toppings. Photo: whatsonivers.nz From next week not only the exquisite pasta dishes but proper pizza,

Gee things are really moving at a pace when it comes to commercial building activity. I went for a drive with my trusty little camera the other day and took these pics – Work is getting underway with the City Council commercial development on the old Todd’s Auction site on Don St. Photo: whatsoninve

Invercargill Police are seeking Waipatu Winitana-Waihirere and have a warrant for his arrest . The 22-year-old is from Invercargill, and is also known to have links in Christchurch and Timaru. Winitana-Waihirere is described as being 175cm tall and of stocky build. Anyone who knows where he may be i

Here are the winners from last night’s Venture Southland Inter-Schools Speech Contest at Aurora College. Well Done to everyone who participated. It’s no easy thing speaking in public, in fact it’s widely regarded as one of our greatest fears. A good way to overcome it or at least come to grips with

Congratulations to our colleague Jess Hamill, who won a bronze medal at the Rio Paralympics this morning. Jess, who works at the Southern District File Management Centre in Dunedin, threw 7.54 metres in the final of the Women’s Shotput F34 competition. She adds her Paralympic bronze to silver medals

The Invercargill City Council has agreed to fund $50,000 towards a feasibility study on establishing an inner-city art gallery. pic – whatsoninvers Invercargill Mayor Tim Shadbolt said the Council approved the special funding at its final meeting of the 2013-2016 Council term on Tuesday night. Const