What is being described as a significant scrub fire is in progress near Wanaka. The blaze was reported to emergency services early this afternoon (Sun) The blaze started on Glendhu Bluff and strong windy conditions have enabled the blaze to jump the road and spread quickly. Fire crews from several c

The Ministry of Health has indicated that the coroner and other agencies are investigating more recent deaths following vaccination, after an autopsy report confirmed Myocarditis in a 26-year-old Dunedin man. Social media has been rife for weeks with information regarding Rory Nairn’s death from Myo

The 2021 National Basketball season may not have ended the way Alonzo Burton had hoped, but he is using last year’s late season injury as fuel ahead of his 2022 return to the Southland Sharks. Burton was forced to sit out the Sharks’ NBL semifinal loss to Hawke’s Bay in July as a broken finger […]

Stage one of a new subdivision in Gore has been almost fully subscribed within 24 hours of going on the market. Eleven of the 15 sections at Matai Ridge went under contract on the first day of the sales. The sections sold for between $149,000 and $205,000, realising a total of just over $2million. M

Invercargill’s recently-rebranded holiday park on the north side of the city on McIvor Rd is keen to welcome holiday travellers. With direct flights from Auckland to Invercargill resuming, Southland could get a well-deserved boost in tourism this holiday season. The locally-owned Invercargill Holida

Summer holidays are here – this can be a time for barbeques, bonfires and garden clean ups.  But spare a thought for firefighters who also want to spend time with their families and take a break.   Fire and Emergency NZ, Risk Reduction Advisor, David Coveney says “people can help firefighters enjoy

Former professional chef Leif Hancox moved his career outdoors in 2019, establishing a great new job in the horticulture industry. Operating in kitchens as a civilian contractor to the New Zealand Air Force, he had no time for any other life, and then things changed. “I love being outside and I enjo

Resource consent has just been granted for a new 122-unit retirement village and 60-unit aged care facility, in Clyde – Central Otago. Named ‘Aurum on Clutha’, the Central Otago District Council accepted a Private Plan Change to rezone the land in March 2021, and work should be starting on the devel