Mercury’s GM Portfolio Phil Gibson and Mayor-Elect of Gore District Council Ben Bell, used a yellow spade to celebrate the start of construction of Stage I of Mercury’s $115m Kaiwera wind farm near Gore. The ceremony, attended by Council, community members and landowners formally marked the start of

Once again the Tour of Southland’s Bluff Hill stage has provided plenty of drama and helped to set up a fascinating second half to this year’s race. On a day where the peloton was tested by the weather and rolling terrain before even starting what is arguably New Zealand cycling’s most famous climb,

Invercargill Police have now completed their investigation into a hit and run crash on Marama Avenue, South Otatara on 25 September 2022 that resulted in a 19-year-old man receiving serious injuries. A 22-year-old local man has now been summonsed to appear in the Invercargill District Court on 17 No

Southland teenage motorcycle racer Cormac Buchanan will compete in the 2023 JuniorGP World Championship in Europe. Buchanan, 16, has re-signed with leading Spanish team AGR Racing and is excited at the prospect of a full campaign in the sport’s elite international ranks. Based in Spain since March,

Gore District mayor-elect Ben Bell today welcomed the decision by a District Court Judge to decline an application for a mayoral vote recount. The recount had been sought by Tracy Hicks, who lost the mayoralty in October’s election by eight votes to Team Hokonui candidate Ben Bell. At 23 years of ag

Invercargill fire fighters will walk off the job for an hour on Friday, as tensions remain high after 16 months of negotiations with Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ). A further three hour-long strikes were also planned for Monday November 7, Friday November 11 and Monday November 14. Invercargi

A special rail excursion train will roll in to Invers later tomorrow (Thurs) The Sir Edmund Hillary Explorer will roll in to our city pulling several passenger carriages from the days when we had passenger trains travelling the length and breadth of NZ. The train which is on a 13 day tour of the Sou

Australian Carter Bettles has climbed his way into theTour of Southland’s yellow jersey with an outstanding ascent of the Remarkables today. Bettles and his ARA Pro Racing Sunshine Coast team, which is managed by former Tour de France rider Henk Vogels, were able to execute their plan perfectly, wit