Police are still investigating the circumstances leading to a house explosion and fire at a Rothesay Place address in Invercargill on the afternoon of Wednesday 9 September 2020 where a 28-year-old male and a 27-year-old female received hospital treatment for their burns. The two have since been rel

The government’s decision to relax physical distancing rules on public transport has seen airlines promise to increase flights and release hundreds of thousands of cheap airfares to encourage domestic travel. As soon as the announcement was made that distancing would no longer be required on planes,

Stewart Island photographer Laire Purik is about to become even more famous. Only a month after her Pledgeme campaign to raise $12,000 started, Laire has already exceeded her target, but on Saturday she is on another mission. Her ‘Copeisolation’ book of residents photographed on the island during lo

Discussions between the Game Animal Council (GAC) and the Department of Conservation (DOC) have resulted in some positive changes to where the Department will focus tahr control outside Aoraki/Mt Cook and Westland Tai Poutini National Parks. Reallocation of hours between and within management units

Fonterra is taking a new approach to how it provides nutrition to communities, to better reach those most in need across New Zealand. CEO Miles Hurrell says, as a New Zealand farmer owned co-op, with employees spread right across regional New Zealand, Fonterra is part of many communities. “We’ve tak

SIT Music student Devin Ledington has come full circle in his musical journey with the upcoming annual SIT Kids Concerts, 22nd-25th September 2020. The first-year Bachelor of Contemporary Music student attended the concerts in his childhood; this year it’s his turn to perform for Southland primary a

The new harness racing season is well underway with several midweek meetings already completed at both Ascot Park Raceway in Invercargill and Central Southland Raceway in Winton. The bigger events of the season are yet to come however and Southern Harness Racing are busy preparing for the height of

This year’s Southland Export Awards night will have an interesting new twist. In lieu of the traditional biennial September Export Southland Recognition Awards, which is facilitated by the Southland Chamber of Commerce, the trust felt it was more appropriate to have an evening of recognizing the tri