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The new Let’s Go Invercargill ticket group has been brought about to support some of the new candidates and help raise their profile. Set up by deputy Mayor Nobby Clark and councillor Allan Arnold, most of the 10 candidates in the group are, or have been people in business,  and all have their own v

Police would like to hear from anyone who witnessed a robbery on Crinan Street Sunday evening. At around 6.30pm a man entered a dairy on Crinan Street and demanded money from the shop attendant. The man then left on foot, heading east towards Ness Street with a quantity of cash, pouches of tobacco a

Opinion and humour. (May trigger some people) This is the first poll to include the ‘Let’s Go Invercargill’ ticket candidates who have performed well with six in the top 12. Like our July poll, current councillors Allan Arnold, Darren Ludlow, Ian Pottinger, Nigel Skelt performed well with Alex Crack

“A dream come true”, is how Southland racing driver, Jordan Michels, has described his impressive debut at the wheel of a Supercar in the Dunlop Super3 Series races at Sandown International Motor Raceway in Melbourne last weekend. Michels, who celebrated his 25th birthday on the Monday of race week

One of Invercargill’s most well known homes is no more. The once stately home at 50 Balmoral Drive has been demolished. The home in what used to be one of the top areas of Invers, later to become an infamous gang pad was originally built in 1908 for the Diack family as a base for […]

Council’s capital programme for the fourth quarter of the 2021/22 year was the largest on record, but its waste minimisation plan has been labelled a complete failure. A report to council’s risk and assurance committee last week outline a net operating surplus of $7.9 million as a result of revenue

A person has died after their car rolled into a waterway off a Southland road. Emergency services were called to McDonald Road in Dipton West, near Break Neck Road, about 10am. The sole occupant of the vehicle was unresponsive and was unable to be revived. McDonald Road is currently closed while the