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

Rugby Southland has selected young rugby talents for the upcoming Ralph Moir Limited Rugby Southland Musters. The three-day event will take place from February 13th to 15th and will provide a platform for schools to showcase their most promising U16-U18 male and female rugby players. Scott Eade, for

Invercargill MP Penny Simmonds says she’s deeply concerned at the amount of violent crime that is happening in the city. “Violent crime is happening all too often in Invercargill and I’m worried that it could end with the loss of a life. “Most recently, the Collingwood Foodcentre in North Rd was tar

ILT chief executive Chris Ramsay has no qualms about finding a decent Executive Manager for the new 4.5 star hotel The Langlands – hopefully the media will do the work for him. Invercargill’s newest hotel has received its fair share of national news exposure since it opened back in August 2022. Only

The Gore A&P Association this weekend will also be hosting the inaugural Premier show for the Royal A&P Society of New Zealand (RAS). The Southern District is one of 18 around the country affiliated to the RAS, and have announced a new event for show day, that will hopefully be continued by other sh

Invercargill district residents may see restrictions on hosing and sprinklers as soon as next week. Although rain is forecast, the overall outlook for February is for dry conditions to continue, meaning it is increasingly probable that water restrictions will be imposed in Invercargill and Bluff. In

Very, very sad news this week with news that one of our finest, Ann Robbie passed away earlier this week. Ann, described as a Pocket Rocket in one obituary has had a long involvement in the world of pipe band music and pipe bands. Read Alister MacGregor’s tribute Never Say Never from the Royal New [

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