Work to finalise the Streets Alive trials – initiatives aimed at making Gore’s streets safer, more accessible for everyone and the town more people-friendly – is continuing apace behind the scenes. Gore district Roading Asset Manager and Project Lead Peter Standring said the team has been working re

Police are currently searching for two people who are believed to have exited a vehicle that was located on Wicklow Street around 7pm. There had been concerns from the public about the manner of their driving prior to the vehicle being located, and police where currently searching for them after fle

The Civil Aviation Authority says a fatal microlight crash in Southland highlights why pilots must comply with the rules and carefully manage the risks. The authority has released its report into the crash that found the pilot crashed the microlight into Taringatura Hills after entering fog while fl

The Southland Advisory Group established to look at the national intensive winter grazing regulations was very pleased to provide their advice to Ministers Parker and O’Connor this week. Following a meeting with the Ministers in September, a group was formed and asked to look at the implementation o

Invercargill Police are appealing for information after a firearm was discharged at a residential address in Waikiwi last night. Police received multiple calls from members of the public after at least five shots were heard in Kildare View at around 11pm. Fortunately nobody was injured, however we k

Invercargill mixologist Santana Kawe has spent over a decade smashing stereotypes when it comes to cocktails. In fact, he’s not a big fan of that word. “People hear cocktail and automatically think of an umbrella and juice in a glass when it’s far from that,” Kawe said. “In reality handcrafted drink

Sad to hear that country music star Charley Pride has passed away. Charley died due to complications from Covid 19 aged 86 in Dallas Texas. The super star certainly knew what it was like to grow up poor and make it to the big time. The Mississippi native picked cotton, served in the United States […

The cooling of the afternoon temperature didn’t deter over 40 Southland farmers giving surfing a go at Monkey Island late yesterday (Thursday 12th December). “We were expecting maybe 20 last night but they just kept coming, which was great!” says event organiser Tom Slee. Everyone received a quick l