Known as Lennel, in reference to the ancient name of Coldstream on the Scottish border, this large Victorian home was built by John Turnbull Thomson between 1880-1882, when the suburb of Gladstone was covered by the vast Waihopai bush, far from the hustle and bustle of the Invercargill township. J.T

Junior representative sport has been a hot topic of conversation lately, with many sporting organisations making decisions to cull junior representative programmes. Touch Southland have endeavoured to flip this script somewhat, in fact completely. Over the past seven weeks, more than 300 children ar

Ho Ho Ho team and Christmas greetings to everyone Here’s a couple of Christmas crackers for you. Can’t have a Christmas without Mariah Carey’s All I Want….. Heard on the news that this song has finally reached No1 on the Billboard charts in the US. No1!! That’s after 25 Christmas’s. They also said t

Matt Tautari has been a familiar name in Southland golf since he made his debut for the province about 20 years ago. Now the talented golfer, who plays out of Invercargill Golf Club, has celebrated his 100th game for the region at senior level – and is eyeing 150 and beyond. Tautari started playing

Police received a report of a single-vehicle crash on Sandy Point Road about 7:20pm yesterday. A car had rolled. Two people sustained minor injuries and were treated at the scene. A photo supplied to What’s On Invers by Shanon Robert shows the car on its roof and he messaged the accident happened on

The general practice, which began the HCH programme in July, has started brief morning meetings to help get all staff together to plan and prioritise for the day. Elsewhere called ‘huddles’ or ‘standups’, the IMC team’s five to seven minute daily hui underscore inclusivity and their collaborative ap

George Begg is a name those with even a fleeting interest in 1950s and 1960s motorsport admire. Begg had an illustrious career racing motorcycles in Britain and, famously, on the Isle of Man, before he returned home to Southland to open an engineering business. At his workshop in rural Southland Beg

With the announcement this week that Rio Tinto is carrying out a strategic review of the Tiwai smelter I have read a lot of misleading and in many cases downright untrue information on social media and news outlets as people and organisations push their own agendas. A few FACTS for consideration: NZ