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Two Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) Bachelor of Environmental Management year-3 students, Brennan Mair and Xinxin Zhang, were selected to present at the “Weathering the Storm” conference in Invercargill last week, highlighting quality research which is taking place locally at undergraduate le

Southland Mayors and their Deputies, the Chair of Environment Southland and Deputy together with local iwi met with Cabinet Ministers Grant Robertson and Megan Woods in Invercargill today. Mayor of Gore District Tracy Hicks, speaking as the Chair of the Southland Mayoral Forum said the meeting was u

Some residents in Otago and Southland woke to freezing temperatures and fresh snow with more falling this morning. The unusual weather event comes as parts of the North Island are recording temperatures above 20 degrees. MetService meteorologist Mmathapelo Makgabutlane said a cold front was making i

Southern Institute of Technology (SIT), Degree Graduation Ceremony takes place today at the Civic Theatre in Invercargill; the guest speaker is a successful entrepreneur and SIT graduate who says studying gave her the self-confidence to start her own company, and helped pave the pathway to success f

Recently released fantastic survey results from farmers in the Aparima catchment in Southland confirm the value of farm environment plans, Invercargill MP and National’s associate Agriculture spokesperson Penny Simmonds says. The survey was of 151 dairy and sheep and beef farmers in the Aparima Comm

The Southern District Health Board’s Surgical Ward in Southland Hospital has received a generous donation of specially curated weighted soft toys from the Southland Hospital Volunteers Charitable Trust. Jan Little, Charge Nurse Manager Surgical ward, accepted this donation on behalf of the team at t

“Days like this are one of the great things about living in a small community.” That was one of the comments made as Bluff celebrated the arrival of the Christmas season on Sunday 6th December, with their annual Christmas Parade and Christmas In The Bluff Gala Day. The Street Parade travelled down G

Southland District Council is pleased to announce that the first 13km section of Lower Hollyford Road has been restored and will reopen on today (Friday 11 December), nine days ahead of schedule. The road, which was severely damaged during the February floods, has been repaired up to Girder Creek, a