New $300,000 CCTV technology should be installed into Invercargill City centre within 11 months. A project manager has been appointed and a review of all existing council technology completed, with the next steps to find out exactly where to locate it, the Infrastructure and Services Committee heard

Ann Robbie has dedicated most of her life to honouring the south’s war heroes and now she has been bestowed a medal of her own. On behalf of King Charles III, Southland District Mayor Gary Tong presented Mrs Robbie with her Queen’s Service Medal for service to historical research on Friday at a spec

The Southland Rodders Inc put on a real show at the start of the 60th Diamond Cruise for the New Zealand Hot Rod Association last week. Starting at Bluff last Tuesday morning and now making their way up the country to Cape Reinga, hot rodders could join at any part of the cruise until September […]

Sunday 18th September 2022, 2.05pm, Tauranga Domain SBS Bank Southland Stags Joseph Walsh Jacob Payne Morgan Mitchell Caleb Aperahama Josh Bekhuis © Matt James Hayden Michaels Blair Ryall Jay Renton Marty Banks Rory van Vugt Matt Whaanga * Viliami Fine Michael Manson Robbie Robinson Sam Stewart Kane

Mayoral candidate Nobby Clark has found a way to have the new Southland Museum opened within three years, and at a much reduced cost. In his new ‘Nobby Clark Show,’ it was no surprise to find out his plans to fast track the new facility were top of the list. (Watch ‘The Nobby Clark Show’ […]

Southland Police recently ran a successful road policing operation in the Invercargill area. The operation focused on targeting modified vehicles that were unfit and unsafe for the road with the aim to disrupt anti-social drivers from causing harm on the road. Over the course of the operation 22 veh

A variety of candidates have entered the Southland District Mayoralty race, and here’s a bit about each of them. We start with Geoffrey Young because he was the first to respond. I have farmed all my life firstly on our family property near Tuatapere, and since 1993 when I bought Cattle Flat Station

Rick Murrell brings a real passion and drive for the South, with 30 years of business experience in Invercargill. His governance experience includes, Director of New Zealand Motor Trade Association (2005 – 2012), Director of Motor Trade Investments (2010 – 2012) and New Zealand President/Chairperson