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Invercargill’s Queens Park won the Kiwi’s Choice in the Keep New Zealand Beautiful Awards this week – the only place to feature in the entire South Island. The longest running sustainability awards have been running since 1972 and aim to inspire, recognise and acknowledge individuals, schools, commu

There was some intense racing on the opening day of the Mobil 1 Classic SpeedFest at Teretonga Park near Invercargill on Saturday. Conditions were damp for the start of qualifying this morning but dried out in time for some exciting racing. The Ricoh Historic & Classic Saloons Pre 78 featured a mass

The first kākāpō chick of the season has hatched on Whenua Hou, west of Rakiura/ Stewart Island, says the Department of Conservation. Nineteen-year-old kākāpō Pearl has produced the first chick of the year – Pearl-A-1-2022. The chick was observed in the nest at 2am yesterday morning (1 February) loo

Just over a third of the 1708 lodged ACC claims for Covid vaccine injuries have been accepted by the Government agency, since the rollout began last year. An Official Information Act request made public by ACC on January 12 this year shows 627 claims have been successful, and a further 569 are still

As we arrive on the two week anniversary since the south Island leg of the Convoy departed Bluff on Sunday. We will be covering more of the growing protest / freedom festival by collating video and updates here over the day. On this week’s podcast: Marxism could not happen here… could it? After deca

Group ILT has reached an impressive $200 million dollars of grants and donations back to the community, following their January board meeting. This significant amount has been granted throughout the 78 year history of the Trust. ILT group chair Alan Dennis said the board was “thrilled” to reach the

On the eve of hundreds of students travelling to Otago University to begin the academic year it’s astounding that the Government is still to provide guidelines to accommodation providers on how to operate under phase 2 of the Omicron response, National’s Tertiary Education spokesperson and Invercarg

A front is forecast to move northeast across the South Island tonight and during Saturday, then onto the southern North Island overnight Saturday. This front is expected to deliver periods of heavy rain to parts of the South Island and Wellington, and possible severe gales to parts of the South Isla