This is an official message from Emergency Management Southland. At 2.20pm today, Southland Civil Defence Emergency Management Group chair Neville Cook declared a state of emergency for the Southland region, including Gore, following yesterday’s declaration for the Fiordland Community Board Area. Th

Hi team…a massive week for music fans, particularly fans of Elton John and Queen. Both acts are doing their thing at Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin in the coming days. It’s fair to say that a decent number of Southlanders are going to one or other, or both and why not! Sir Elton is in […]

Alliance Group has acquired a stake in its India partner QualityNZ as it looks to capture more value from the world’s second most populous nation. The 100 per cent farmer-owned co-operative has purchased 10.4 per cent of QualityNZ, which supplies New Zealand’s products such as red meat, seafood and

A state of emergency for the Fiordland Community Board area has been declared in Southland to provide a coordinated response to the flooding emergency in Milford Sound Piopiotahi. This will allow agencies in the response to gather resources for the remote area. Emergency Management Southland control

Welcome to What’s On Invers Noticeboard. Our new NoticeBoard to start with will be published on Fridays and new notices added daily till the next Friday edition comes out. Book your Notices below, Grage Sale, Church Service, Community Notice and more. Friday 31st January. Public Notices: Food Truck

Significant heavy rain for the west and south of the South Island, and west to northwest gales in parts of southern New Zealand A series of fronts are forecast to move east across the South Island from Sunday night through to Tuesday afternoon, bringing periods of heavy rain to the west and south of

An Australian man will be trying today to become the first person from his country to swim across the Foveaux Strait. The 34-kilometre swim between Stewart Island and the South Island has been done by 10 people but never by an Australian. Wayne Armour, 33, is raising money for the millions of animal

A man has died of the coronavirus outside China, and any foreign travellers who leave from or transit through China will be refused entry to New Zealand from tomorrow. Passengers from international flights at Auckland Airport on Monday 27 January, after flights from Guangzhou and Shanghai had touche