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News - Sep 01, 2020

Minister of Health Chris Hipkins and Deputy Director-General of Health Robyn Shearer are giving an upate on the latest on Covid-19. Watch the 1pm briefing: Live update https://youtu.be/4LUs4gCclqk

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National Promises At Least Five Years of Tiwai Pt Smelter

Politics - Aug 31, 2020

The National Party has pledged it will keep the Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter running for at least five more years if elected in October. The clock is already ticking down to the closure of the smelter near Bluff after owner Rio Tinto announces plans to close Rio Tinto released plans to shut it next

Pressure On Green Co-Leader James Shaw To Pull Support For Taranaki Green School

Politics - Aug 31, 2020

Pressure is mounting on Green Party co-leader James Shaw to pull his support for $11.7 million of taxpayers’ money being handed to the privately-owned Taranaki Green School. It’s not just principals, unions and the Opposition who are furious – his own party candidates and former MPs are ordering him

More Big Names For Pack The Park Game

Southland - Aug 31, 2020

Mystery still surrounds the player line-up set to take to the stage at Invercargill’s Rugby Park for the Pack the Park event, but it’s safe to say whoever makes the teams will be in good hands. Former All Blacks coach Sir Graham ‘Ted’ Henry, heavyweight boxing champ Joseph Parker, and former All Bla

Keast Claims Gore To Waikiwi Title

Sport + Motorsport - Aug 31, 2020

Hamish Keast claimed the prestigious Geo W Wilson and Sons Limited Gore to WaikiwiClassic title on Saturday. The event was run in challenging conditions, with a ferocious westerly making it a tough day out for the riders. The event is one of the oldest classics on the Cycling Southland calendar and,

News - Sep 01, 2020 Covid Update Monday 31st August

Minister of Health Chris Hipkins and Deputy Director-General of Health Robyn Shearer are giving an upate on the latest on Covid-19. Watch the 1pm briefing: Live update https://youtu.be/4LUs4gCclqk

by Mike Sanford

News - Aug 31, 2020 Severe Gale Warning For Southland & Fiordland by Mike Sanford

Today's Funeral Notices

News - Aug 31, 2020 South Port Year-End Pleasing Despite Impacts Of Covid-19 by Mike Sanford

Sport + Motorsport - Aug 31, 2020 A Beach Volleyball Tournament in Invercargill’s CBD, Yes! by Sport & Motorsport News

Politics - Aug 31, 2020 National Promises At Least Five Years of Tiwai Pt Smelter by Mike Sanford

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Southland Teens Shine at Science Fair

News - Aug 15, 2026

A Southland Girls High School student has taken out the top prize at the 2026 NZAS Southland Science and Technology Fair, beating 328 fellow competitors with a project that could change how we keep food fresh. Aroha Ridzuan won the NZAS Premier Science Award for Beyond the Leaf: Mānuka &

Southland Bucks National House Price Slump

Property - Aug 14, 2026

Southland is holding up where most of the country isn't. Seven months into 2026, the region has recorded a 3.1% increase in average home values — one of just three regions in positive territory nationally, alongside Canterbury (1.3%) and Otago (2.8%). Invercargill is up 0.1%

$1m Fund to Fight Wilding Pines

News - Aug 14, 2026

A new $1 million fund will back community groups, volunteers and landowners fighting wilding pines across the country. Biosecurity Minister Andrew Hoggard made the announcement Tuesday at the national Wilding Pine Conference in Southland. The money, available through the National Wilding Conifer Control Programme, will be spread over two years

Invercargill Teen Wins Toyota Winter Series

News - Aug 12, 2026

Sixteen-year-old Invercargill race car driver, Nieko Scoles, has claimed the 2026 Toyota Winter Series title in his first full foray into a national level motorsport series. Scoles finished first in the Winter Series and second in the Trophy/Rookie series in an impressive campaign fought out over four rounds in

Southland Science Fair Turns 40

News - Aug 12, 2026

Two hundred and fifty student projects. Forty years. And for the first time, the sponsors are competing too. The NZAS Southland Science and Technology Fair opens to the public this Wednesday, marking four decades of the region's biggest student science event. Running August 11 to 14 at a

Stewart Island Salmon Farm Gets Fast-track Go-ahead

News - Aug 10, 2026

Invercargill MP Penny Simmonds has welcomed a decision to fast-track approval of the Hananui Aquaculture Project off Stewart Island (Rakiura), saying it will provide a massive boost for the local economy. "Once it's fully operational, this aquaculture project will produce over 14000 tonnes of salmon per year,