If you’ve ever thought about starting your own business or have a great idea but are not sure where to start, then COIN South has the answer for you. Applications are open this week for the brand-new COIN South Start It course. It’s free and open to anyone with a great idea who wants to […]

Yesterday’s aerial compliance inspections saw positive improvements in winter grazing practices. Environment Southland chief executive Rob Phillips said farmers were advised last year that winter grazing practices needed to be significantly improved and a joint approach by the Council, DairyNZ, Beef

The public enjoyed their return to watch harness racing at Ascot Park Raceway in Invercargill on Saturday with a good crowd attending the Southern Harness Race Day, the first meeting for almost three months that the gates were open to the wider public. All facilities for the day were based at the To

Police have put a halt on recruiting after a large increase in applications during the nationwide Covid-19 lockdown. There are 160 recruits going through the Police College at the moment, and plans to train a further 320 by the end of the year. But anyone wishing to sign up for a career with the pol

People like Adrian Cocker are the heartbeat of Southland Football. Cocker was a hockey player, a code in which he played one game for Southland, and while he only ever played a few games of social football, he has been involved as a volunteer since the late 1990s. Starting as an interested spectator

Environment Southland began its winter grazing aerial compliance inspections this week (weather permitting) with the first of several flights across Southland this winter. Environment Southland chief executive Rob Phillips said last year’s winter grazing practice left a lot to be desired. “It was a

Police are appealing for any information of the whereabouts of a 1998 Harley-Davidson 98 Sportster Custom 120 motorcycle, registration number A4SAG. Anyone who can assist Police on the whereabouts of the motorcycle is urged to come forward. The case relates to the death of Russel Blackford who died

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is speaking to media to address actions taken by the government in response to two new Covid-19 cases announced yesterday. Dr Bloomfield yesterday revealed the two new cases to be two women who arrived from the UK on Sunday 7 June, and were granted a compassionate exemp