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The sound of bagpipes was ringing out across Invercargill yesterday (Friday 13th) and continues today, as Invercargill and the ILT City of Invercargill Highland Pipe Band plays host to the 2020 Pipe On In New Zealand Championships. Pipe bands from across the country, including Invercargill, will be

Hi team and welcome  to the middle of March, already! Time for another Just Good Song. This one from 1977 from The Brothers Johnson, Strawberry Letter 23. This is the only hit of their’s that I recall getting played on the radio back in the day and it’s still a good song today. Just listen […]

Southland’s rich cycling history gets a further boast with New Zealand’s leading team based cycling series being held in the region for the first time. The opening round of the Calder Stewart Cycling Series, the Wensleys Cycles Southland Classic, is being held in Wyndham, eastern Southland, this Sun

US President Donald Trump says the US will suspend all travel from Europe to the United States for the next 30 days because of the Covid-19 coronavirus. US President Donald Trump addresses the Nation from the Oval Office about the widening novel coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis in Washington, DC on Mar

Gore’s District Council could be fined $1.5 million after a three-year-old drowned in a wastewater treatment pond last year. The council has been charged in connection with the death of three-year-old Lachlan Jones, who drowned in a wastewater treatment pond in January last year. Lachlan could not b

A new funding and support collective has been launched in Southland and Otago, creating a network for startups and investors to converge. Mainland Angel Investors (MAI) an angel investment network founded by Startup Dunedin, COIN South and Startup Queenstown Lakes, officially launched on Wednesday e

Young Southland racing driver Jordan Michels will line up as part of a star studded grid at the Australian Grand Prix meeting at Albert Park in Melbourne this weekend. Michels will drive a S5000 car in one of the support races at the event. The cars are Australia’s fastest race cars based around the

More than a month on from Southland’s floods Emergency Management Southland (EMS) is continuing with Recovery efforts – with advice and support still widely available. Recovery Manager Ken Swinney said EMS recovery coordinators have been active in flood affected areas. In Fiordland, Community Board