The Annual Westpac Southland Business Excellence Awards were held at the Ascot Park Hotel on Friday evening with 350 people attending, including Deputy Prime Minister Bill English. Organised by the Southland Chamber of Commerce, the event was a who’s who of the Southland business world. And the winn

How cute is a this dog train is an old man in Texas who passes the time by adopting abandoned dogs, crafting a dog-sized choo-choo train out of 40-gallon drums and a John Deere X500 ride-on lawnmower, and taking them on tiny dog adventures. Need expert pet advice on what to feed your best friend? […

A wedding with plenty of charm – Mr and Mrs Cole. It’s funny when you try and think about how two people came to meet – especially if they are from different countries. Robert is from South Africa, and Alisa was born, and spent the first few years of her life, in Australia. The couple […]

Invercargill Police have wrapped up their enquiries in to an incident at a local school last week which saw a pupil sustain a serious head injury. Acting Detective Senior Sergeant Stu Harvey says the 10 year old boy was injured  with an electric standard at Sacred Heart School just before school sta

The photos were taken on the Oreti River  (Near Centre Bush) On Sunday 23 August. The racing was part of the Southland Twin Rivers Jetboat Race . (They raced on the Mataura River on Sat 22nd August and The Oreti River on Sun 23rd August. 11 Boats took part in the race. The first 3 […]

Now that the days are getting longer and we are getting the odd fine day, we decided to do the rounds and catch up on the new developments that are on the go in our fare city.   At the eastern end of town work is progressing on a new petrol station complex. The new […]

Top marks to all involved with the Placemakers Scooter Challenge. The now bi-annual event has again proven to be an all wheels runaway success. The charity scooter ride has raised close to $60,000 in cash for the Prostate Cancer Foundation and loads more in terms of awareness of the cursed afflictio

Burt Munro brings the street races to Invercargill streets, here is a video giving us a BikeCam view of the track.