Southern Institute of Technology have developed a pilot trades programme for year 10 students from Southland Girls’ High School (SGHS) to give them access to training which could help create a pathway for those interested in pursuing a career in trades. SIT Tertiary Academy Co-ordinator, Trudy Brown

Thirteen-year-old James Beck of Invercargill is looking forward to this weekend’s Southland Indoor Championships for radio-controlled racers at the Wallacetown Community Centre as he prepares to debut in a new class. James, a Year 9 student at James Hargest College, is a past Southland Champion in t

Invercargill is hosting the New Zealand Table Tennis Championships over the next week for the first time in 21 years. The eight-day event kicks off tomorrow morning at ILT Stadium Southland with an opening ceremony at 8:30am, bringing 268 individuals and 91 teams of three players south. Southland Ta

The weather since Monday 18th September has been wild wet and windy and cold. The  date 18th September was a Saturday thirteen years ago back in 2010. On the spring day we got a large dumping of snow, causing the roof of Stadium southland to collapse. The weather is always crazy around this time of

Reviving international education is another part of National’s plan to rebuild the economy to get it working for all New Zealanders, says National’s Tertiary Education spokesperson Penny Simmonds and National’s Immigration spokesperson Erica Stanford. “Before the pandemic, international education wa

Welcome to our Saturday Roading & Weather update for Invercargill & Southland, we will be adding ongoing updates as we receive them from various agencies including NZTA, Emergency Management Southland, Environment Southland and Councils. Check back for updates! 10:40am Sunday Update: from Gore Distr

Fonterra Co-operative Council Chair, John Stevenson has commented on the Co-op’s FY23 results released yesterday. “The very strong earnings announced yesterday had been well signalled and our Co-op’s overall results for FY23 were pleasing to receive. We acknowledge the work put in by CEO Miles Hurre

Update Friday22 September, 4:30pm: Gore: State highway 93 (Old Coach Road) will be closed to all traffic from 4:00pm today (Friday 22 September). Gore District Council staff will be laying sandbags across the road, just north of Mataura at the flood banks, as a precaution given the predicted peak of