There was a distinctive youth element that came out of the Leader’s Debate in Invercargill last night, with an almost even balance of male/female candidates as well. Between them they covered a broad cross-section of New Zealand issues involving health, Maori, Climate, business and farming. There wa

Hiya team, sad news to round off the month. Helen Reddy passed away at the age of 78. The Australian born and raised singer made it big in the early 70’s with hits like Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress), Angie Baby, You and Me Against The World, And I Love You So. Helen has […]

Southland Hospital’s new $2 million MRI scanner is now in place and ready to scan its first patients today (Wednesday 30 September), Southern DHB Chief Executive Chris Fleming said today. The new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner, which is manufactured in the Netherlands by Philips Healthcare

TVNZ’s latest Colmar Brunton poll has Labour on 47 percent, National on 33 percent – with Labour unable to govern alone. The Green party is on 7 percent still trying to recover from the private school funding saga and the wealth tax as a red line, while ACT on 8 percent continues climbing grabbing t

Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) Cookery students and tutors volunteered their time and talents over the weekend to cook and package around 425 meals for Salvation Army’s Invercargill Food Bank. The collaboration was a result of a large amount of frozen meat recently donated. On Saturday 26th

Wyndham and Mataura Police are seeking witnesses to a serious crash that occurred on the the Edendale Woodlands Highway (SH1) near Edendale last night. Emergency services received a report of the crash between a van a car at around 6:50pm. Three of the four occupants of the car were transported to S

A strong and very cold southwesterly airstream will bring further snow to low levels in parts the South Island, and west to southwest gales, severe in some places. This continues to be a significant weather event. Strong winds could make driving hazardous, especially for high sided vehicles and moto

From a one man band to potentially bringing eight other MPs back to Parliament with him, ACT’s David Seymour has been performing out of his skin. The stars have aligned for the party that’s battled through successive leaders and scandals, to now be polling as the third largest party behind National.