Environment Southland is striving to make considerable savings on its expenditure for the Annual Plan 2020-2021 ahead of its adoption next week. Last month the Council announced an expected drop in income of around $3.5 million in the 2020-21 financial year due to the negative impacts of COVID-19 on

This morning our compliance team was called to investigate a number of dead eels in the Waihopai River behind Bill Richardson Drive. The eels were mainly found at the edge of a stormwater outlet and Invercargill City Council staff joined our staff to investigate. There were no obvious signs of any p

Fonterra farmers producing sustainable, high quality milk will be eligible for a new payment, as Fonterra announces important changes to the way it pays farmers for their milk. From 1 June 2021, Fonterra is introducing a Co-operative Difference Payment of up to 10 cents per kilogram of milk solids (

Highlanders prop Siate Tokalahi has signed for the SIT Zero Fees Southland Stags for the 2020 Mitre 10 Cup Season. Formerly of the Chiefs, prop Siate Takolahi, strengthened the Highlanders’ prop stocks in 2017 and has since accumulated over 67 Super Rugby Caps. Tokolahi sustained a significant knee

IAG is proposing to shut its 53 AMI stores and its remaining State store, and move its 350 staff to digital and contact centre roles. About 65 management positions could also be disestablished, however the company said it hoped to redeploy as many staff as possible. IAG spokesperson Kevin Hughes sai

The Southland District Council has approved a 2.31 per cent rate rise, and will look at rates relief for those suffering financial hardship on a case-by-case basis. The rise is less than the council’s long term plan forecast of 3.27 per cent, and also less than the 2.65% initially proposed earlier t

Rugby is back and boy is it good! Last weekend’s pre season hit outs were a sign of things to come, and the weekend lived up to expectations. The sun may have been noticibly absent for our men on Saturday, but our women had perfect conditions for their pre season games in Gore. 36 senior […]

Forty years ago Elizabeth Morris wanted a small tunnel house for her garden. Her husband Gordon went about making one for her. Fast forward to 2020 and the couple have now sold more than 10,000 of them. Not bad for the keen gardeners from Otatara. Son Allister and wife Leanne now run Morrifield Tunn