Malloch McClean, a multi-award winning accounting and advisory firm, is thrilled to announce its merger with Rural Business Solutions (RBS) in Gore. This strategic alliance brings together two highly-regarded firms, combining and expanding their range of specialised services, expertise, and resource

Plans for Invercargill’s second new big 4.5 star hotel is progressing well. Structural plans for the new Distinction Hotel have been approved for building consent, and the project is on track to be completed in the second to third quarter of 2024. Project manager Hayden Rankin, of Project South, sai

The SIT | Te Pūkenga Pasifika Open Night is back early this year; in collaboration with Pacific Island Advisory & Charitable Trust (PIACT), to provide Pasifika’s southernmost community with an event informing them on education and training opportunities. Held in a culturally supportive format for th

Government’s Three Waters policy is an asset grab that will confiscate water assets from local communities without compensation – that was the message National’s Local Government spokesperson Simon Watts gave a meeting in Otautau yesterday. (1 June) “The legislation will be reported back to the hous

Today I chat with Invercargill City Councillor Darren Ludlow about how the new council is doing 8 months in. Darren is the longest serving councillor and it was great to sit back and let him talk. And we discuss how only two people in my life call me ‘Michael’ and I freeze or jump as […]

Cartoon of the Day: Thanks to Garrick Tremain. https://garricktremain.nz/cartoons

A fire broke out on a commercial fishing boat in Bluff, New Zealand, on Sunday evening. The blaze, reportly started in the engine room of the 25-meter vessel, which was docked at the port. Firefighters from Bluff, Invercargill and Wallacetown responded to the incident and managed to contain the fire

The Langlands won a Gold Award at the New Zealand Commercial Project Awards Gala evening held on Friday night in Auckland. The Master Builders award program establishes the standard for commercial construction in New Zealand and celebrates collaboration and innovation across the building industry. J