If you notice anything odd with your power supply, call us. That’s the message from PowerNet in the follow up to a power surge that affected parts of South Invercargill late last month. The outage occurred on Sunday 20 September and affected 97 customers in the Kew/Kingswell areas, causing household

Update: Tuesday 6th October. Due to strong winds overnight there have been a few flare-ups. Fire crews are managing these and will continue fighting the fire today. Helicopters are not currently able to fly due to the strong winds. This will be reassessed if the weather changes. It will be a challen

New Zealand Rugby’s welcomed the Government’s announcement that Auckland will move to Alert Level 1 this week. It means the second Bledisloe Cup test will be played at Eden Park next Sunday, as fans will be allowed to attend. The test would have been moved to Dunedin if Auckland remained at Alert Le

Southland Hospital’s Clinical Director of Medicine, Dr Prosen Ghosh is urging Southlanders to recognise the signs of a stroke and to overcome their natural stoicism so they get to hospital faster for better health outcomes. “Southlanders are inherently stoic but a stroke is a medical emergency requi

Council workers are checking for damage after weekend flooding in Southland and civil defence is following up with people whose homes were affected. A number roads in Southland remained closed on Monday morning due to flooding and slips, while others have temporary speed limits. Some coastal areas e

Fonterra will sell its China farms to a local company for half a billion dollars, as it continues to find ways to pay down debt. The deal, which was finalised over the weekend, saw the dairy giant’s two farming hubs in Ying and Yutian sold for $513 million, and in a separate deal it agreed […]

When Southland man Dan Butterfield was renovating his house in 2015, he struggled to hire skips to deal with tonnes of construction waste. He thought there should be an easier way to do this – but at this time didn’t have the solution. In 2017, Butterfield was watching the Invercargill truck parade

Concerns regarding non-compliance have resulted in Southland District Council issuing a Notice to Fix for the building known as Winton Lifestyle. Southland Mayor Gary Tong said the notice was issued on 9 September 2020 for 54 Church Street, Winton, due to the Annual Building Warrant of Fitness docum