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South Port is putting recreational and commercial boat operators on notice: stay out of restricted areas at Bluff unless you have permission. The port has issued a reminder that access within its operational area is restricted and controlled, and that vessels must not enter areas including the container terminal berths

ILT maintains investment in people and community through challenging trading year ILT Group held its Annual General Meeting on 8 September, outlining its financial performance for the year ended 31 March 2026. Against a challenging operating environment for the hospitality and accommodation sector, ILT maintained revenue broadly in line with

After 25 years teaching economics in Seoul and Singapore, Dr Jacob Wood is back in Invercargill — and running SIT's distance learning operation. Wood left in 1998 for the University of Otago, then kept going. A PhD in International Trade at Sogang University in Seoul led to academic roles

Museum of Southland is on track to have its building completed by the end of September, with the project team now setting October 1, 2027 as the target date for full completion, with an opening date to follow. That means not just bricks and glass, but exhibitions installed, staff trained,

The Green Party wants to nationalise 120 supermarkets. The right thinks it's communism. The left thinks it's overdue. Everyone agrees the grocery duopoly is a problem — they just disagree on whether the cure is worse than the disease. The policy, branded KiwiMart, would force Foodstuffs and

Kennards Hire's Invercargill branch has won New Zealand Branch of the Year for the second year in a row — a title that surprised the people who earned it most. The six-person team beat out 31 other branches across the country to take the top honour at the company&

Community Trust South has a new board member. Erin Moogan has been appointed to the trust, which manages investment portfolios and distributes grants across Southland and the wider region. The appointment is one of 25 made across nine of New Zealand's 12 community trusts, announced by Associate Finance

Environment Southland went behind closed doors on Thursday to discuss selling down its stake in South Port — and walked out without making a decision. The regional council, which owns 66 percent of the Bluff port, held a public excluded session at its investment committee meeting where two papers were discussed