With everybody now at home for the COVID-19 self-isolation period, it is more important than ever to check your home is fire safe and to be vigilant about fire safety in everything you do. Mark the end of daylight saving by checking your smoke alarms at the same time you turn your clocks back. “Chec

Today the Ministry of Health released the latest confirmed Covid-19 case numbers for the Southern DHB area. There are now 37 confirmed cases in Clutha/Southland, up two from yesterday 27-COVID-19 Cases Confirmed In-Cluthasouthland Includes-ICC Staff New cases compared to yesterday are Invercargill u

Hi team and welcome to another lock down weekend. Sorry to report the passing of Bill Withers at the age of 81 following heart complications Withers came from a small West Virginia coal mining town, his father died at a young age. He signed up with the US Navy as his “ticket out”. When his […]

The All of Government COVID-19 National Response will provide an update at 1.00 pm today. A health update will be provided. There are 82 new cases of Covid-19 in NZ. 52 are confirmed and 30 are probable. There are ten in hospital around the country and one in ICU at Wellington Regional Hospital.The

Joy Thomas, or Nana Joy as she’s known to her grandchildren and great grandkids, was born during the 1918 influenza pandemic in Palmerston North. For the first three months of her life she was cared for not by her mother, but by the wife of the headmaster at her local primary school. Her mother was

If current Southern District Health Board numbers are anything to go by, Southland could be one of the last regions to make it out of lockdown. Director-general of Health, Dr. Ashley Bloomfield, said the spread of the coronavirus could indicate when the easing of lockdown restrictions could begin. H

Dr Ashley Bloomfield, Director-General of Health and Sarah Stuart-Black, Director of Civil Defence Emergency Management– Health Update: There have been an average of 2000 tests done a day and 291,486 in total. 3446 tests were done yesterday. There are 13 people in hospital in NZ and one in ICU. The

At any regular Southland Chamber of Commerce AGM, business achievements for the year would be the focus. However, there were two significant differences at this year’s meeting. The first was the venue. Due to the alert 4 nationwide lockdown, the meeting was held via video conferencing, rather than a