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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

The long awaited Suqian Friendship Garden in Queens Park is now open to the public. The most recent addition to Queens Park, the completion of the Chinese Garden marks another milestone in the long-running relationship between Invercargill City and Suqian City of Jiangsu province in China. Since for

Dr Bloomfield said there were two new cases of Covid-19 to report today, both in managed isolation facilities. One case in Wellington was now considered recovered, Dr Bloomfield said, so the total number of active cases was 10. Watch the live briefing here around 1pm: If you have symptoms of the cor

How do you train healthcare workers to recognise and manage Covid-19 before they have access to patients, or before people get sick? Southern Institute of Technology nursing students are learning through ‘augmented reality’ – using holograms of actors portraying patients to prepare for managing Covi