We are disappointed that Airways have decided to close the Air Traffic Control Tower at Invercargill Airport Invercargill general manager Nigel Finnerty. We do not support the decision to remove the air traffic controllers from our operations before we have a solution in place to safely and effectiv

The Longwood forestry block area was the subject of an extensive search for Dale Watene on Saturday 16 May. Thirty LandSAR volunteers from Southland and Otago completed the search for the missing Otautau man. Some areas of interest were identified and further searches are planned. Mr Watene, 40, was

Ratepayers are being asked to make a huge decision – whether to back the Invercargill City Council’s request for a loan from developers for the CBD development. An additional $16 million is needed before the major inner city project goes ahead, and the council has already contributed $30 million. Wi

The Ministry of Health has announced no new COVID-19 cases in the Southern district today. The region’s total remains 216, with one active case, 213 now recovered and two deceased. In the Southern district, it has now been 30 days since a new case was reported. There are no new cases of COVID-19 to

103 players from all over New Zealand will be celebrating after each winning $10,363 in Saturday’s Strike Must Be Won draw. The Strike Must Be Won jackpot of $1 million was not won by a single ticket and therefore rolled down to Division 2, where it was shared by the 103 players. Marie Winfield, Hea

Watch live: Ashley Bloomfield and Andrew Coster on Covid-19 and level 2 rules Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield and Police Commissioner Andrew Coster are providing an update on the Covid-19 response and level 2 rules. Watch the briefing here at 1pm: https://youtu.be/sw5mKv5RHCA

Almost a month after they lost their mother during Level 4 lockdown, Jodi and Mike Conway still want answers, after feeling let down by the health system. They believe no strategies were put in place for non Covid-19 palliative care scenarios in the hospital, or other traumatic events. When Covid hi

A crash between a car and a ute happened at about 4:20pm on Elles Road outside Splash Palace, closing the northbound lane towards Tay street. A St John spokeswoman confirmed two ambulances attended the scene, two patients with minor injuries and two patients with moderate injuries were taken to Sout