A Government investment of $25 million will create 180 jobs and improve the safety and resilience of the Homer Tunnel on the crucial State Highway 94 (The Milford Road) tourist route linking Te Anau and Piopiotahi Milford Sound, Infrastructure Minister Shane Jones says. The multimillion-dollar inves

A multimillion-dollar financial injection from the government is a welcome boost for the Southland economy. Southland District Mayor Gary Tong said announcements made today by Shane Jones, Minister for both Infrastructure and Regional Economic Development, would have a significant impact across the

Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel shooter Jennifer O’Connell has been ruled out for the rest of the reason with a ruptured ACL and torn MCL in her left knee. Scans this week confirmed the extent of the injury which she suffered late in the fourth quarter of her side’s Round 5 match against Central Pul

Great footage of the ongoing demolition of the city block. This time-lapse video shows Stage 2 of the CBD demolition in Invercargill from 29 April 2020 – 27 May 2020 This time-lapse video shows the incredible progress of the CBD demolition in Invercargill over the last 2 months. As you will see most

`Streets Alive’ is the Gore community’s opportunity to dream big about improvements it wants for its town. The Gore District Council has become the first small town in New Zealand to attract $900,000 of central government funding from Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency’s innovating streets fund – to un

`Streets Alive’ is the Gore community’s opportunity to dream big about improvements it wants for its town. The Gore District Council has succeeded in attracting $900,000 of central government funding from Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency’s innovating streets fund to undertake the Streets Alive projec

The Invercargill City Council will contribute a total of $40.5 million in the city block development, in recognition of the community wellbeing outcomes the project offers. Councillors approved its funding contribution at an extraordinary meeting on Wednesday, 8 June, after a series of funding annou

While it was cold outside, freezing actually, the self styled champion of the regions Shane Jones brought warmth, some laughter and a big bag of money for various southern organisations and businesses. One of the big handouts is for  stop-bank upgrade work for our rivers. This follows on from the ca