At the Marching New Zealand Championships held on the 8th and 9th of March in Hamilton, Southland was proudly represented by five teams. This event was a gathering of talent and precision, demonstrating the dedication of all participants. Making a notable entrance this season, the Southern Stars Sen

Mataura shearer Brett Roberts scored his first Open final win in over a year with victory at the Mayfield A and P Show in Mid-Canterbury on Saturday. Roberts, 30, hadn’t won since the national full wool championship final at the Northern Southland Community Shears (Lumsden) in January 2023. That was

The Mobil 1 Mainland Muscle Car series is heading to Teretonga Park in Invercargill this weekend (16/17 March) and a massive grid of twenty-six cars is sure to add plenty of thunder to the Southland Sports Car Club’s annual Southern Thunder meeting. Related: NZ Super Trucks Return to Teretonga Park

An Invercargill commercial business owner will literally go to any lengths to stop the Invercargill City Council from taking away parks outside his Yarrow Street shopping centre. Related: Yarrow Street Intersection Speed Bump Is Out Colin Stuart, who now lives in Ashburton said he was evicted from t

Invercargill City Council is seeking feedback from the public on its draft Long-term Plan for 2024-34, designed to direct the growth of Invercargill and Bluff through various projects, activities, and services for the coming ten years. The plan features several key proposals, including the museum’s

The last stretch of national highway between Invercargill and Bluff has been left off the Government’s $20 billion roading fund for a much needed upgrade. State Highway 1 was in poor condition and deputy Mayor Tom Campbell expressed his concern at Tuesday’s Infrastructure Committee meeting that none

The expansion of SIT’s zero fees scheme, to incoming intakes of distance-learning students across the country, is a wonderful development for our local institute, Invercargill MP and Tertiary Education Minister Penny Simmonds says. “I am delighted to see the zero fees scheme back where it belongs –

New Zealand and Australia’s space sectors are making strides with the Southern Positioning Augmentation Network (SouthPAN) project, setting a new standard in Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) technology. This initiative promises to drastically enhance positioning precision and reliability th