Mercury NZ has bought a stake in the company planning to build New Zealand's largest data centre — right here in Southland. The energy company has invested US$30 million (NZ$53 million) for a 12.7% minority share in Datagrid Holding Group NZ Ltd, which is developing a

More than 60 trees in Invercargill's Town Belt are coming down starting next week, some of them planted 150 years ago. Councillors made the call last year after a 25-metre pine tree blew onto Elles Rd traffic during October's extreme winds. Nobody was hurt. They won&

Two Southland drivers caught speeding this morning were also over the legal alcohol limit — both after drinking the night before and assuming they'd slept it off. One of the stops was in a school zone. Both drivers underwent evidential breath testing after being pulled over for speeding. Both

One unitary authority for Southland following the regional council boundary is the preferred option from the majority of Invercargill City councillors, for its ‘Head Start’ proposal. The ICC still has not yet received any confirmation of an intention from either Gore District Council or Southland District Council to participate in

A Winton man with kidney cancer waited nearly seven months for surgery after his operation was cancelled without explanation — and nobody at Southland Hospital told him why. David Evans undergoes surgery every three to four months to cut away the cancer. His January procedure at Southland Hospital went ahead. The

Invercargill is the only place in New Zealand where you can watch a man attempt a triple backflip on a BMX this December. Freestyle Kings LIVE has confirmed Rugby Park as its exclusive New Zealand stop on the 2026 World Tour, with the show locked in for Saturday December 5.

Left leaning media company Stuff Digital has begun consulting with staff over a proposal that could cut up to ten editorial roles from its digital newsroom — with journalists, reporters, and editors all in the firing line. The media company called affected staff into meetings on Wednesday, where Stuff Digital editor

State Highway 99 near Wallacetown is closed on Tuesday evening reopening at 2am Wednesday morning after a two-vehicle crash around 5.20pm left one person trapped in their vehicle. Fire crews from Kingswell and Wallacetown attended the scene, where they had to extricate the person from the wreckage. The road