Strengthening of the 600-metre section of Mataura stop bank, identified at risk of erosion pre-Christmas, is in full swing this week. Last year, while a geophysical report found there was no obvious structural damage to the stop banks on the Mataura River as a result of the 2020 flood event, river e

Environment Southland is urging dog owners to take care this summer when visiting Southland rivers. We have had a report of a dog dying from suspected toxic algae poisoning after playing in the Upukerora River area, Te Anau, over the weekend. Environment Southland chief scientist Karen Wilson encour

Invercargill is currently hosting a delegation from its Japanese sister city, Kumagaya, to commemorate the 30th anniversary of their sister city relationship. The delegation, which included the Mayor of Kumagaya, Tetsuya Kobayashi, and members of the Kumagaya City Council, was warmly welcomed by Inv

Cycling Southland hosted events on road and track over the weekend, with repeat winners taking the main prizes. In the ILT New Year Track Carnival, hosted at the SIT Zero Fees Velodrome on Friday and Saturday, Marshall Erwood became the first rider to etch his name on the Cycling Southland wheel rac

Summer Sounds Bluff returned to the Gunpit on Bluff Hill on Sunday and so too did the crowds as good numbers turned out to be entertained after a one-year hiatus due to crowd restrictions in 2022 They gathered to enjoy the music of Darcy Kerr, JEM and BackChat with proceedings getting underway with

Groundswell NZ is interested to see what direction the incoming Prime Minister Chris Hipkins will take on some of the rural policies they have been protesting over the past few years. Founders Bryce McKenzie and Laurie Paterson met with Jacinda Ardern on December 15 after a two-year wait, and were s

National Party leader Christopher Luxon is heading South and will hold a public meeting in the city on Friday, Invercargill MP Penny Simmonds says. “Mr Luxon will be at Transport World, from 3.00pm, with the doors opening at 2.30pm. “This meeting will be a good chance for people to hear from Christo

A National Government would scrap Three-Waters because it believes in localism, not centralisation, that was one of the messages National Party leader Chris Luxon gave the hundreds of Southlanders who turned out in Invercargill today/yesterday to hear him speak. “We will repeal Three Waters and work