The Minister for local Government and the Department of Internal Affairs are both now involved in the Invercargill City Council issues. Following a public excluded meeting yesterday, the council released details around the decisions made, which included appointing an independent governance expert –

Stewart Island photographer/artist Laire Purik’s isolation project has almost hit the $10,000 mark, only a week after it started Pledgeme campaign. Lairka Photography needs $12,000 to publish the soon-to-be historic book ‘Copeisolation’ – which features life for many of the islanders during lockdown

Tickets to a gala dinner set to benefit the Southland Charity Hospital have sold out – just a handful of hours after going on sale. The Aftermatch will be held at spectacular Bill’s Shed venue at Bill Richardson Transport World on October 17. The evening promises to blend lots of laughs, plenty of e

Build it and they will come…. the Southland Charity Hospital is calling on all tradespeople in the area to help turn its vision into a reality. An information evening will be held tomorrow night (Wednesday, August 26), for tradies to be involved in helping get the hospital project off the ground. Th

Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield and Minister of Health Chris Hipkins are providing an update on Covid-19. Latest from live update: There are seven new confirmed cases of Covid-19 all of which are related to the Auckland cluster. Two are linked to a church and two are household contacts.

Today members of the Regional Leadership Group advocating for Southland’s community met with Finance Minister Grant Robertson and Minister for Energy and Resources Megan Woods to discuss the for shadowed closure of the New Zealand Aluminum Smelter at Tiwai Point. Gore District Mayor, Tracy Hicks, sa

Cam and Lauren Richardson have been whipping up some pretty soup-er natural stuff for their Caravan located at the Outdoor Food Court on Esk Street the past five months. It all started the week before lockdown and has just kept on growing. Expecting to open their food caravan to sell all their homem

“We may not be the biggest bank but it’s great to be recognised as the best,” SBS chief executive Shaun Drylie said, in response to its Canstar Gold award. The Most Satisfied Customers Award 2020 was in response to Canstar’s annual banking customer satisfaction research, which had SBS being awarded