A service that provides community based rehabilitation helping Southlanders to recover and make the transition back to their daily lives after hospitalisation is celebrating not only its fifth birthday, but the benefits of an increase in staffing. This means there is now no waiting list, and Southla

The benefits of diversification were highlighted in a COVID-19 affected year, shareholders of South Port New Zealand Limited (South Port) were told at the Company’s Annual Shareholders’ Meeting at Bluff today. South Port incurred only a 3.6% decline in net profit at $9.43 million, from the previous

The Game Animal Council (GAC), the NZ Deerstalkers Association (NZDA) and Hunters for Conservation are providing hunters with the opportunity to choose either the kārearea/NZ falcon or the whio as their ‘champion’ bird to back in the upcoming Bird of the Year competition. “In 2019, hunters got behin

World points race champion Corbin Strong secured a home victory on stage two of the SBS Bank Tour of Southland with Aaron Gate retaining the yellow jersey ahead of tomorrow’s pivotal Remarkables hill climb. PowerNet rider Strong, riding in his third Southland tour, punched his way off the front of a

It’s business as usual for the primary sector with ministerial portfolios remaining relatively unchanged but from a few tweaks. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the new Cabinet today. Damien O’Connor has kept his job as Minister of Agriculture, one he held last term, and picks up Trade and Ex

It’s that time again. The running of the the race that stops two nations, The Melbourne Cup. There must’ve been plenty of doubts as to whether this race would go ahead especially when Victoria was in the grips of the Covid pandemic. But go ahead it will, how ever the stands and embankments at Flemin

One of the biggest winners of today’s Cabinet announcement is newly-appointed Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta – not only the first woman, but also the first Māori woman, to ever hold the role. It is not the first time she’s trailblazed for Māori wāhine either – last Parliamentary term she was

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has revealed her new Cabinet line-up and says it is focused on Covid-19 recovery. Ardern says experienced ministers will hold key economic recovery and ongoing Covid response portfolios. “The next three years will be very challenging for New Zealand. With the global out