Southern Institute of Technology (SIT), along with its Agricultural faculty Telford, have collaborated with Agricultural and Forestry industry groups to provide short training courses to allow people who may have lost their employment to quickly retrain for Agricultural and Forestry positions. SIT w

Courses and training in construction, agriculture and community work will be free for the next two-and-a-half years, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Education Minister Chris Hipkins have announced. Ardern also confirmed the Cabinet would next Monday consider the move to alert level 1, and she woul

A director, an ex-All Black, medical researchers, leading Māori artists and authors are among those recognised in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours. In total 178 people have received Queen’s Birthday honours this year, with three new dames and two new knights. Professor Robert Elliott Elliott is

A collaborative approach has helped volleyball become the first community sport in Southland to get back underway after the easing of Covid-19 restrictions. ILT Stadium Southland General Manager Nigel Skelt said it was great to have the energy provided by the volleyball community back in the stadium

Careless disposal of hot ashes are believed to have caused a rubbish truck fire in Invercargill yesterday, with the quick thinking of the driver being credited for averting what could have been a deadly incident. Bond Contracts representative Mark Simpson said the wheelie bin truck had only just sta

Today has been a great day for the Southland region! Following the Government’s announcement of the national Tourism Recovery Package and support for Regional Tourism Organisations, Air New Zealand has confirmed that an A320 jet service will operate between Auckland and Invercargill. The popular fli

ANZ Bank has found a buyer for its industrial and business finance lender UDC. Japan’s Shinsei Bank is to buy UDC for $762 million, after an original deal to sell it to China’s HNA Group for $660m was knocked back by the Overseas Investment Office in 2018. ANZ had also toyed with floating UDC in […]

The monthly value of New Zealand red meat and co-product exports for April was largely unchanged from the same month last year despite COVID-19, according to an analysis by the Meat Industry Association (MIA). New Zealand exported $859 million of lamb, mutton, beef and co-products in the month of Ap