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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

Heavy rain for the west of the South Island easing overnight Monday, gale west to northwest winds for central and southern New Zealand. A series of cold fronts, preceded by strong west to northwest flow and followed by cold southwesterlies, are expected to move north across the country overnight Mon

Work is underway to contain an oil leak into Milford Sound after a fire on a fishing boat early this morning. Fire and Emergency were alerted to the blaze in Deep Water Basin just after 4am, which has since been extinguished. The Milford Sound Fire Brigade fought the blaze with Te Anau firefighters,

National will deliver a suite of much-needed transport projects that will shorten journey times, improve safety, create jobs and support tourism in the deep south. National’s Southern Transport Package includes a range of projects across Dunedin, Invercargill, Queenstown and the wider Southern regio