Organisers are thrilled with the support they received during a shearathon that has raised money for the Southland Charity Hospital. The hospital is the brainchild of the late cancer care advocate Blair Vining and his wife, Melissa, who wanted better cancer care for all New Zealanders. Last weekend,

Watch the Beehive & Parliament grounds protest live stream from Chantelle Baker’s Facebook page live from within the protest. Its more like one of the festivals that didn’t happen. Compare this to the mainstream media coverage. They are not violent, or anti vax, there are both vax and unvax people t

This week marked the 20th anniversary of the last scheduled passenger train operated between Invercargill, Dunedin and Christchurch. The Southerner made its last trip on Sunday 10th February 1992. The Southerner passenger train made it’s first trip on December 1st 1970 but its genesis went back many

Some of the most spectacular cars at the Mobil 1 Classic SpeedFest at Teretonga Park over the weekend of 19/20 February are part of the recently formed Historic & Vintage Racing Association which will run as invited cars as part of the Historic & Classic Saloons Pre 78 group at the event. Leon Halle

Businesses will be allowed to register as a “critical service” from today, allowing their workers to skip Covid-19 isolation requirements as long as they return daily negative rapid antigen tests (RAT). Critical infrastructure providers will be able to order rapid antigen tests for their workers fro

Positive COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in Invercargill and Gore. If any locations of interest are identified they will be published on the Ministry of Health website: covid19.govt.nz/testing-and-tracing/locations-of-interest/ If you live in, or have visited, the Invercargill or Gore area recent

Police are appealing for information following a crash that occurred on Thursday 10th February at the intersection of Park Street and Eglington Street intersection around 9:40pm in Winton. The incident involved a ute towing a trailer and a motorbike. If you saw either of the vehicles involved travel

Southland District property owners will soon receive a Notice of Rating Valuation in the post with an updated rating value for their property. The new rating valuations have been prepared for 19,948 properties on behalf of the Southland District Council by Quotable Value (QV). They show the total ra