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As Christmas approaches, the Tiwai Point smelter’s 1000 staff go into the holidays uncertain of their future. The Labour Party campaigned on keeping the aluminium smelter open for another three to five years. But unless a solution can be found, the closure of the smelter will go ahead in August next

Here are the entries for the Professionals Real Estate Light Up Christmas trail available for viewing from Thursday 10th December. Stand by for the whatsoninvers.nz Christmas Lights video. Public voting now open on the facebook.com/professionals.invercargill Remember to drive safely and please respe

It will be a busy time for the harness racing code over the upcoming holiday period. The Wairio Trotting Club meeting at Central Southland Raceway in Winton on today (Saturday 19 December) leads off with a day that will feature the Otautau Four Square Supermarket Wairio Trotting Cup over 2400m. Ther

Work to finalise the Streets Alive trials – initiatives aimed at making Gore’s streets safer, more accessible for everyone and the town more people-friendly – is continuing apace behind the scenes. Gore district Roading Asset Manager and Project Lead Peter Standring said the team has been working re

Police are currently searching for two people who are believed to have exited a vehicle that was located on Wicklow Street around 7pm. There had been concerns from the public about the manner of their driving prior to the vehicle being located, and police where currently searching for them after fle

The Civil Aviation Authority says a fatal microlight crash in Southland highlights why pilots must comply with the rules and carefully manage the risks. The authority has released its report into the crash that found the pilot crashed the microlight into Taringatura Hills after entering fog while fl

The Southland Advisory Group established to look at the national intensive winter grazing regulations was very pleased to provide their advice to Ministers Parker and O’Connor this week. Following a meeting with the Ministers in September, a group was formed and asked to look at the implementation o

Invercargill Police are appealing for information after a firearm was discharged at a residential address in Waikiwi last night. Police received multiple calls from members of the public after at least five shots were heard in Kildare View at around 11pm. Fortunately nobody was injured, however we k