The National Party has elected Judith Collins as its new leader to replace Todd Muller. deputy is Gerry Brownlie. Collins, 61, was first elected as an MP for Clevedon in 2002 and has been part of six Parliaments. The MP for Papakura has been the shadow Attorney General since May and holds the Nation

Watch the time lapse video of the old Southland Times building.The facade is being retained at a cost of $1.3m.   Located on the site with planned opening early 2022 will be Farmers department store, Starbucks, some carparks and a limited number of retail stores with more opening later 2022.more ope

More than 1.7 million pork meals have been delivered to nearly 570,000 people in need under the New Zealand Government’s food bank initiative. Independent butchers were not allowed to open fully for retail customers under the COVID-19 Alert Level 4 and 3 restrictions, resulting in a surplus of up to

The Transport Agency is attempting to keep State Highway 8 into the Otago town of Cromwell open overnight, although the slope above the road remains unstable. The highway, near the intersection with State Highway 8B at the Deadman’s Point Bridge, has been reduced to one lane for much of the day due

Hi there team, how’s your week been travelling so far. Hope everyone is keeping warm, having said that more cold temperatures are on the cards for the end of the week. This week Mal’s Music Memory travels back in the time tunnel to 1970 – 50 years ago as we feature two Kiwi No 1’s […]

This time-lapse video shows the incredible progress of the CBD demolition in Invercargill over the last 2 months. As you will see most of the buildings were rotting due to years of neglect from previous owners. Located on the site with planned opening early 2022 will be Farmers department store, Sta

Southern Institute of Technology’s (SIT) agricultural faculty Telford has a long-held tradition of running Taster Camps for students thinking of training there for a career in agriculture. Due to unprecedented job losses through the Covid-19 lockdown, Telford is running a series of three-day Taster

The government has launched a plan to boost primary sector export earnings by $44 billion over the next decade. It said the plan was focused on unlocking greater value for a sector which is vital to New Zealand’s economic recovery post Covid-19. The report is a follow up to a strategy unveiled in De