Southland District Council’s Community and Strategy Committee is being asked to consider draft changes to the Stewart Island/Rakiura Visitor Levy Policy and Bylaw, which would be put out for public consultation. The draft changes include an increase in the levy from the current $5 per visitor to $15

People have the chance to make arguably their most crucial vote of the year this month, with voting for the annual Beautiful Awards now open. Invercargill’s Queens Park was announced as a finalist last year, competing with four other special spots from throughout New Zealand for the Kiwis’ Choice aw

The first event organised by Skate South, a skate, BMX, Scooter and Rollerblade Jam/Competition at the Invercargill Skate Park on Saturday proved to be a great success. Event organiser, James Todd, was extremely pleased with the day saying it went “really well” with 45 entrants across the various di

Isabelle Guise (Otautau) and Ethan Alday  Ice Sports Southland skaters competed in Oberstdorf Germany last weekend. Their scores are just under the qualification mark for Junior Worlds in March. They will get an opportunity to attempt to qualify for this in early February when they skate at the Egna

Miriam McKenzie has published a resource for teachers, won an award for exporting speech programmes to China, and is now back in the classroom. The primary school trained, speech and effective communication expert has gone full circle since graduating as a teacher almost 30 years ago. She’s relishin

All of Southland is now in a restricted fire season. The change occurred at 8am Wednesday 26 January 2022, and means anyone planning to light an open-air fire will need to apply for and obtain a permit. Southland District Manager, Julian Tohiariki says the current conditions are the reason for the c

Cycling Southland will be kicking off the new year in a big way this weekend with three races taking place over three days. Headlining the weekend will be the Stonewood Homes Gore to Invercargill Classic, New Zealand’s longest running club classic cycling race, which will return to the roads of Sout

The Evolution Motorsport ClubSport Championship resumes at Teretonga Park on Sunday (30 January) when the fifth and penultimate round of the championship takes place. The championship involves entry level motorsport with cars setting their best times over set courses and each round consists of a mot