The South Island Wood Chopping Championships is making a return to the south at the Southland A & P Show on March 7. The South Island meet will be a main attraction at this year’s show and Southland A & P Show president Paula Bell is thrilled to have chopping part of the 2020 event. […]

Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited (FCG) Chairman John Monaghan has confirmed that he will retire as a Director of the Co-operative when his current 3-year term ends at its Annual Meeting this November. In a note to the Co-operative’s farmer-owners and unitholders, Mr Monaghan explained that his de

There will be great racing, great prizes and a great cause at the Northern Southland Trotting Club Yaldhurst Hotel Team Teal Cup Day at Ascot Park Raceway in Invercargill this Saturday. It is a major day for the club with three Group 3 races – the Yaldhurst Hotel Northern Southland Trotting Cup, the

Hot off the back of medals at the elite track cycling world championships, the next group of young hopefuls will spring into action at the Vantage Age Group Track National Championships beginning in Invercargill on Thursday (today) Around 140 riders, a mix of budding youth and mighty masters, will c

The Gore District Council is seeking more information about spikes last month in the level of ammonia gas emissions from the aluminium dross stored at the former Mataura paper mill. The Council’s resource consent for the storage of the dross has a condition limiting the amount of ammonia gas dischar

Hi all. Hope that you’re all getting used to the earlier (and earlier) sunsets and cooler temps. Anyway for March we’re playing Just Good Songs with our friends at Little Fire Music Works. Were you around when this song, Escape (The Pina Colada Song) was playing everywhere at the end of 1979. A grea

SBS Bank has increased its partnership support with the Southland Loss and Grief Centre as it looks to make a difference in Southland. SBS Bank chief executive Shaun Drylie said the bank first became involved in 2018, and last year provided funding for a new support worker for elderly care services

At a full council meeting on Tuesday, Invercargill City councillors committed to $700,000 annual funding of ILT Stadium for the next three years, an increase of 57% on the previous $400,000 funding agreement. The Stadium’s owners, Southland Indoor Leisure Centre Charitable Trust, requested the incre