Gore’s rates are set to double, with the council proposing an 11.56% increases as it tackles rising interest rates and a tight employment market. The district council will need an extra $900,000 in rates funding in the coming financial year to service its loans at the higher interest rates of up aro

Cartoon of the Day: Thanks to Garrick Tremain. https://garricktremain.nz/cartoons Labour/Green Govt launches $3M media campaign telling us to take shorter showers, their Helen Clark’s Labour/Green govt moment that was her undoing. Remember them lecturing and telling us what shower nozzles and light

Our lucky streak continues here is the deep south with Invercargill included in  Saturday nights lotto draw. Nineteen lucky Lotto players will be toasting a special win after each winning $13,945 with Lotto Second Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. Two lucky players also won Powerball Second Div

Wow, that was a bolt from the blue, the news through the week that the Queen of Rock n Roll, Tina Turner has passed away. Tina died aged 83 at her home in Switzerland after battling  illness for a long time. What a life she lead, the lows were about as low as one could […]

A man has died following a fleeing driver event after a commercial burglary in Dunedin overnight. Around 1:25am, Police were called to a liquor store in Hillside Street to reports of a burglary. Attending Police arrived, and located a vehicle of interest nearby and attempted to stop it. However, the

The Southern Green Hydrogen, Southland Business Excellence Awards powered by Meridian Energy and Woodside Energy kicked off this week. The biennial award ceremony is a prestigious event in the Southland business calendar and attract a wide range of organisations from across the region. This year, th

Police acknowledge the findings of the Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) which found that Police were justified in shooting an armed man near Invercargill last year. On 19 March 2022, Police responded to an address in Dacre in search of a man thought to have seriously injured his former pa

Another massive season of harness racing looms with the announcement of the dates for the 2023/2024 harness racing season. As it was last year, one of the big features of the new season is the positioning of the Invercargill Cup in December, scheduled for a twilight meeting on Friday 22 December. Th