Update: 8.30pm – SH1 between Liffey and Slaney streets will remain closed overnight, with an assessment to be completed in the morning – road closure may continue tomorrow. Another update to come at 8.30am. Detour:  via Liffey/Barrow/Slaney streets Gore St/SH1 in Bluff (between Liffey and Slaney str

A record field will line up for the fi innovations Southland Open squash tournament this week. The open, which also doubles as the South Island individual championships, will be staged across two venues at ILT Stadium Southland and Squash City on Friday and Saturday and will feature nearly 130 entri

Hi there team. Here we are in the thick of winter and our friends in the US of A in high summer. What better time to mark cutting the ties with the monarchy of Britain and going out alone as it were. Independence Day – Fourth of July. Btw – if you’re in the USA […]

A kauri tree, reputedly rescued from the Gore dump nearly four decades ago, was carefully relocated from its urban environment to Dolamore Park this week. Gore District Council staff and contractors removed the 40-year-old tree from a vacant section in Broughton Street using an excavator. The sectio

Police have apprehended a 31-year-old man who was found to be driving while over five times the legal breath alcohol limit. A member of the public reported concerns about the man’s manner of driving in Winton this morning, which included near misses with oncoming traffic. When stopped by Police and

A new partnership between KiwiHarvest and Invercargill Prison is providing fresh produce to communities across the Southland region. The initiative not only supports people in need, but gives prisoners important gardening skills that may assist when they’re released and return to their whānau. The m

Invercargill Musical Theatre are counting down the days until the SBS Bank Season of ‘We Will Rock You’ hits the stage on Friday July 8th. Best described as what ‘Mamma Mia’ is to ABBA, ‘We Will Rock You’ is to Queen, the cast includes Ashleigh Reid, Ben Hayward (Dunedin), Michelle Lange, Ruth McSor

Fonterra today (Thursday 30th June) confirms the finalisation of the strategic partnership with New Zealand’s Exchange (NZX) and the European Energy Exchange (EEX) to each take ownership stakes in Global Dairy Trade (GDT) alongside the Co-op. As announced in February 2022, the partnership was subjec