National MP Hamish Walker has announced that he will not be standing for re-election for the Southland electorate at the upcoming 2020 election. The backbencher MP had been behind the leak of Covid-19 patient details to media. “I wish to thank the people of Clutha-Southland who I have loved meeting,

We’ll be back to do some more. That’s the word from Police in Invercargill after a successful but chilly native tree planting operation. The operation lead by the Invercargill Police Dog Section and Iwi Liason went ahead recently at Fosbender Park in-spite of very frosty conditions. Constable Jono A

Marist & Blues: The storm is over, at least for Division 1. Both Premier and Ack Soper Shield grades have made it through storm week, with 3 games in the space of just 8 days. Ack Soper division one now have five weeks of regular season play, along with all grades bar premier who have […]

A cold front moves east across the country this morning (Wednesday), followed by cold southwesterlies. This weather system is expected to bring snow to low-levels in some places. A Heavy Snow Watch remains in force for Clutha, Southland and southern parts of Fiordland. The MetService has issued road

A newly formed Invercargill home based business is off to a roaring start. Curvy Rentals NZ is the creation of Sammi Smith and is already attracting nationwide attention. Curvy rentals hires out dresses for plus sized women who want something for a special occasion but don’t want pay for something t

New Zealand’s red meat sector exported $884 million of sheepmeat, beef and co-products in May 2020, according to an analysis by the Meat Industry Association (MIA). Total red exports were slightly down (-2%) compared to the same period last year. A drop in exports to the United States ( -15%), UK (

Sometimes a little really does go a long way… And that was definitely the case for Room 5 at Invercargill’s Middle School who managed to help turn $226 raised from their mufti day into a whopping $1445. The proceeds went to Youthline Southland and when the pupils told community development manager L

Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel shooter Georgia Heffernan will be sidelined for the rest of the year following a serious knee injury. Scans have confirmed a ruptured ACL (anterior cruciate ligament), MCL (medial collateral ligament) and meniscus damage to her right knee after she landed awkwardly du