Southland’s environmental champions have been recognised at the 24th Environment Southland Community Awards in Invercargill tonight. There were 30 nominees representing all corners of the region. Those recognised by the awards were: Woodlands Full Primary School – Environmental Action in Education –

Invercargill Police are appealing for any information which may help to identify these offenders, pictured. This is in relation to the burglary of a food centre on Salford Street around 1.30am on Monday 7 October. Three persons entered the store by smashing the front door and attempted to gain entry

Focus Technology Group purchases Deloitte Dunedin IT division and Techbox Leading systems and technology support company, Focus Technology Group, has purchased two Dunedin-based businesses in the last three months. The tech company is now the largest IT support provider in the South Island for mid-s

Invercargill is gearing up for a busy few weeks of track cycling, starting with the Cycling New Zealand Schools National Track Championships, at the SIT Zero Fees Velodrome on Tuesday. This leads to the International season that pedals into action the following week with the Oceania Track Championsh

Otatara Landcare Group (OLG) in Southland has just celebrated its 20th year and two other impressive milestones: OLG’s total volunteer effort has reached 15,000 volunteer hours and 30,000 locally grown native plants have now been planted at its flagship restoration project at Bushy Point! So how did

Twenty-nine candidates are standing for 12 seats at the Invercargill City Council table. Ten sitting councillors are seeking re-election. Read more about all 29 candidate here Will the way some of the councillors voted on the Wastenet tender influence your vote? Here is where the 10 sitting councill

Dave Hewett will not be returning to Rugby Southland for the 2020 season. With his contract up at the end of 2019, Dave has decided he will not be reapplying. Dave has been a key part of the Rugby Southland family, who since joining the union as Director Of Coaching in 2018, has overseen a […]

Top seed Carter Strang of Wallacetown dominated the Eastern Southland Car Club’s Rankleburn Rally in West Otago on Saturday. Strang and co-driver Stewart Robbie in their Mitsubishi Lancer EVO 6 won all four Special Stages in the event, extending their lead throughout to finally end the rally 1 minut