Loyal shareholders in Alliance Group, New Zealand‘s only 100 per cent farmer-owned major red meat co-operative, have been rewarded with a $5 million distribution. The quarterly payments have been made to Alliance’s Platinum and Gold shareholders who supply 100 per cent of their livestock to the comp

From the Farming Desk – Good News! A major international competition is coming to the southern regions. New Zealand has been chosen to host The World Ploughing Championships, but we’ll have to wait a bit before it comes around….these championships will be held in 2028. The World Ploughing Champs wil

The Gore District Council’s plan to build a bridge across the Mataura River, near Gore’s existing traffic bridge, is now open for public submission. Resource consent applications to the Gore District Council and Environment Southland were publicly notified today (19 August). Submissions must be rece

Hi there team. A follower of this column just let me know that today is the 34th anniversary of the release of Bon Jovi’s monumental album Slippery When Wet. The album blasted through what was going around at the time and became one of the biggest things going in the late 80’s and still sells […]

Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency’s Aspiring Highways team completed work at the slip site near Cromwell Friday, 14 August. The work near the Deadman’s Point bridge, on SH8, has involved sluicing unstable schist rocks using helicopters, establishing safe benches/flat areas for diggers to work from and

Sam Colyer may never compete in long jump or triple jump again after a severe foot dislocation from rugby in July. The former New Zealand under-18 and under-20 champion jumper is currently in plaster after recovering from two surgeries, and still faces weeks of rehabilitation. “I will never have the

Note: This article was written before the change to level 2. Southern netball legend Wendy Frew still gets goosebumps when she recalls the thrill of playing to a packed house of frenzied netball fans at ILT Stadium Southland. “It’s a feeling like no other and it’s actually hard to describe just how

Health Minister Chris Hipkins and Director-General of Dr Health Ashley Bloomfield are giving a briefing on Covid-19. Air Commodore Darryn Webb, head of managed isolation and quarantine, and Megan Woods, minister in charge of managed isolation, are at the briefing. Watch the media conference here fro