There have been 85 new cases of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, with one person now in intensive care, the Health Ministry has confirmed. As the country is in its second day of the Covid-19 lockdown, government officials are providing the latest health and national response updates. Director  General

The Southland Housing Action Forum (SHAF) remains grateful for the support of its funders; Community Trust South, ILT, Southland Chamber of Commerce and SBS Bank, all of whom remain committed to supporting community projects such as SHAF. Support from these funders has helped make the vision of SHAF

New Zealand’s ANZ Premiership along with community netball have been suspended for the foreseeable future whilst the Beko Netball League has been cancelled for 2020. Netball New Zealand has aligned with the latest announcement from the Government which sees the country currently under alert Level 4.

SdE has welcomed last week’s confirmation that the current contract with WasteNet for the processing of recyclables will cease on 30 June 2020 and that both the Southland District and Gore District Councils will explore alternative options. This decision provides us with the certainty we have been s

A man reported missing on Stewart Island since Monday has been located, after he survived on foraged shell fish and a deer he had shot. The 39-year-old failed to return to his hunting group on Monday afternoon, but was found around 11.05am today. The man was sighted from the air during an extended s

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the lockdown is running “as smoothly as could be expected at this time”. She said it had been a remarkable feat to keep the streets empty. She has thanked New Zealand’s frontline staff, including doctors, nurses and police, and said they had now been joined by new

As New Zealand moved to alert level four overnight, Southlanders began to wonder whether recycling and rubbish services would continue. Were they classed as “essential services,” or would people need to stockpile their rubbish until the alert level scaled down? According to an Invercargill City Coun

Powerball and Strike have both rolled over tonight, meaning there is a combined prize pool of $8.3 million up for grabs on Saturday night. Powerball was not struck this evening and has rolled over to Saturday night where the jackpot will be $7 million. Lotto First Division will be $1 million on Satu