Related: Free Motorbike Parking in Invercargill Central This Week Riders traveling to the Burt Munro Challenge are reminded that our public roads aren’t the place to test the limits of your bike. Southland Police want everyone attending the action-packed event from 8-12 February to get there safely,

It’s ‘full beam ahead’ on the new two-lane Beaumont Bridge on SH8 in the Clutha District on SH8, with the placement earlier this week of the last of 36 steel beams for the project by Waka Kotahi contractors. The new 193 metre modern two-lane structure over the Clutha River will replace the current s

Construction work to improve the Waihōpai River stop bank on the eastern side between Stead Street and the rail crossing at the north end of Philip Street is getting underway this week. Environment Southland catchment operations manager Randal Beal said stop banks are a critical part of Southland’s

A lucky Powerball player from Auckland will be starting the month on a high after winning $8.5 million with Powerball First Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. The winning ticket was sold on MyLotto to a player from Auckland. The prize is made up of $8 million from Powerball First Division and $5

The Southland Sharks have announced the first player signing for the 2023 Sal’s NBL season, with Brayden Inger confirming his return for a third season in orange. Inger, who rose to prominence in 2021 with an outstanding debut NBL season, is eager to help the Sharks bounce back after a challenging s

Founded in 1890 and moving into their Dee street building in 1903, the Broad Small department store sold everything from nuts and bolts in hardware to fine china in homeware and furnishings and everything in between. I can remember going there as kids and Mum saying to my brothers and I ‘DON’T Touch

The issue over whether the new Tisbury storage facility will be user pays was discussed by councillors at its first meeting this week. Cr Ian Pottinger raised the question, but Mayor Nobby Clark said because it was a ‘regional’ facility and not just for Invercargill, then heritage funding would be c

This weekend, Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel will host two ANZ Premiership sides, the New South Wales Swifts and the Te Wānanga o Raukawa Pulse at ILT Stadium Southland. This marks the first time the Swifts will play against the Steel and Pulse since the two teams’ domestic leagues replaced the tra