Awarua Synergy is chipping in with a donation to a new Invercargill food bank this week, chief executive Sumaria Beaton says. Nga Kete Matauranga Pounamu Charitable Trust was launching a new food bank called Pataka Oranga in Invercargill and the team at Awarua Synergy were keen to help out with a do

Cabinet has agreed to a change in Covid-19 alert levels for both Auckland, the centre of the current Covid-19 outbreak, and the rest of New Zealand this week. The alert levels were reviewed by Cabinet today, and no new cases of Covid-19 were reported in New Zealand. Here’s what you need to know abou

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is announcing whether alert levels will change after Cabinet reviewed them today, and is joined by Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield. Watch the announcement by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield from around 1pm:

New Zealand driver Brendon Hartley has won his second Le Mans 24 hour title after helping Toyota to their third straight win in the French classic. Hartley, Kazuki Nakajima and Sebastien Buemi guided their Toyota Hybrid number eight car home in the last Le Mans before the start of a new Hypercar era

Southland Football is in the fortunate position of having several youthful referees taking advantage of the pathways the sport offers. Will Dymond is the oldest of a talented trio. Dymond turned twenty earlier this year. Hopes of training to join the police this year were dashed by the Covid outbrea

Cameron McIntosh is the new Southland District Council chief executive. Southland District Mayor Gary Tong said he was extremely pleased to announce Mr McIntosh’s appointment. “Cameron stood out because of his knowledge of local government, his commitment to people, including our staff and our commu

Fonterra has posted a profit of $659 million as restructuring, improved sales and margins helped it recover from the previous year’s massive loss. The profit to the end of July compared with a $605m loss the year before, as the co-operative wrote down the value of assets and took other hits worth $8

It’s all go for a weekend of big celebrations for a long-established Invers sports club. Waihopai AFC is marking 70 years playing the round ball game this weekend. Formed in 1950 Waihopai AFC is one of Southland’s leading football clubs and Southland’s most successful Southern League side. The Waiho