A parade through Invercargill’s inner-city, to celebrate Southland Boys’ High School’s historic win in the New Zealand Barbarians 1st XV National championships, has been cancelled because of temperamental weather. Southland Boys’ High School came from behind to beat Westlake Boys’ and take out the p

Junior doctors at Southland Hospital have been providing Awanui Laboratories staff with grocery vouchers and meals to compensate for their low wages. Last week medical registrar Dr Andrew McLachlan gifted head of processing Sue Diack the packages after becoming aware of how poorly they were paid. “T

This weekend was a big one for the Salvation Army as it celebrates 140 years of service in Invercargill. The Salvation Army in Invers is currently lead by Majors Murray and Wendy Sanson. The Army “opened fire” or started its work in Invercargill on Sunday September 9th 1883. Invercargill being the 9

ILT has appointed two new Trustees to the ILT Foundation Board. Andrew Ward and Mandy (Amanda) Smith have been appointed as independent Trustees following the ILT board meeting last month. This increases the total number of ILT Foundation Trustees to nine. ILT Foundation chair Paddy O’Brien said the

Today we chat about the Fire On Dee Street, Wachner Place, CCTV. Now we have our new look Esk and Don Streets they work far better for community spaces. Wachner Place has never worked because theres a double lane highway between it and the rest of the city centre. Nobby details the next stage with [

Will this be the next demolition job in central Invers? This after a fire devastated part of the old Pall Mall Arcade on the corner of Dee and Spey St’s in the early hours of Wednesday morning. 6 people were treated at the scene with one being taken to hospital  due to the fire. Not […]

Southland Boys’ High School’s historic Top Four rugby victory was a highlight from an outstanding tournament week featuring schools from across Murihiku. Claiming the boys’ national first XV rugby title for the first time, along with the Moascar Cup (considered the Ranfurly Shield of schoolboy rugby

Environment Southland’s latest monitoring has found elevated levels of toxic algae at Longridge Stream at Sandstone, Balfour. Algae naturally occur in waterways and can flourish during fine conditions and stable river flows. Most algae are harmless. However, some species can produce toxins and rapid