A Southland shearer today became the first female to win the New Zealand Shears Junior shearing championship in Te Kuiti in 13 years since what has become one of the more memorable of Junior shearing wins – because of who won it. The 27-year-old Emma Martin, the only female in a six-shearer final ov

New Executive Manager set to make her mark at The Langlands Alannah Tamariki has been appointed the Executive Manager of The Langlands, ILT’s new inner-city hotel. She will take over the reins from Bryan Townley later this month as he departs overseas for the next phase of his life, with his wife Br

Defensive standout Jane Watson celebrated her 100th game in the red and black dress as the Trident Homes Tactix defeated the Ascot Park Southern Steel 58-45 in Christchurch. The Tacitx move into second place on the ANZ Premiership standings with the comprehensive win and erased the memory of their s

Waiting 18 months for council to sort the glass contamination problem in Invercargill’s recycling is not good enough, according to city councillor Ian Pottinger. Take our survey/poll http://bit.ly/42RS1tC The council was given an update on the Long Term Community Plan (LTTP) for community wellbeing,

The Gore soap opera district council saga continues this week with councillor Brett Highsted resigning, the Mayor and CEO still not talking, and the deputy left to keep everything together. Deputy Mayor Keith Hovell said this morning, he was still digesting Monday afternoon’s news about his colleagu

Happy but not satisfied. That’s a pretty fair summation of Southland Sharks Head Coach Guy Molloy’s thoughts after Friday night’s opening round win over the Property Brokers Jets from Manawatu at ILT Stadium Southland. The Southland Shark faithful turned up in numbers to watch their side for the fir

A serious crash on Mokoreta Tahakopa Road in Southland has left one person with critical injuries and another with serious injuries. The crash, involving a single vehicle, occurred at around 6:35 am this morning. The police were immediately alerted and emergency services have rushed to the scene. Th

An epic eight-day effort saw 14 pallets of donated goods travel 1600 km from Southland to Auckland on Tyler Wainui’s freight truck, despite roadworks and restrictions. The pallets contained essential items for communities devastated by Cyclone Gabrielle in the Hawkes Bay. SIT was offered as a drop-o