Here are your SIT Zero Fees Murihiku Stags who will take on the Manawatu Turbos this Saturday 5.05pm at Rugby Park. 1.Joe Walsh (Woodlands) 2.Greg Pleasants-Tate (Star) 3.Morgan Mitchell (Toronto Arrows/Star) 4.Ray Tatafu (Blues) 5.Mike McKee (Asia Pacific Dragons/ENC BaBa’s) 6.Brayden Mitchell © 50

Southland health professionals are warning of a rise in syphilis cases in Southland. Southern Sexual Health’s clinical lead Alison Stewart-Pierce said it’s a wake-up call for Southlanders. People need to be aware that someone can be highly infectious without knowing they’re carrying the disease, she

On Thursday evening (5th September) the Chamber of Commerce hosted a ‘Meet the Mayoral Candidates’ at SIT Centrestage. MC was John Prendergast asking questions to incumbent Sir Mayor Tim Shadbolt, Deputy Mayor Becs Amundsen, Cr Darren Ludlow and Steve Chernishov, followed by a Q&A from the audience.

Despite confirmation that New Zealand’s 16 polytechnics will merge into a single entity in 2020, it is business as usual at the Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) from 2020 and beyond. Students who wish to study at SIT are assured that multi-year programmes are safe to enrol in, with the Governm

A plan to develop a charity hospital in Southland is being launched tonight. The plan was first floated by Southland farmer Blair Vining, and his wife Melissa. Mr Vining, 39, has campaigned for better cancer care since being diagnosed with terminal bowel cancer last October. The plan will be launche

This World Suicide Prevention Day, Mike King and the mental health charity The Key to Life Charitable Trust is launching a new study into the final letters or messages left by victims of suicide. The study, the first of its kind in New Zealand, will look to find practical answers as to why so many [

The death of the clipboard is imminent as the Invercargill City Council Building Services team goes digital. Building inspectors have this week begun electronic inspections – swapping their clipboards for tablets. Electronic inspections are the first step in the rollout of Go Get – a suite of applic

Police are now in a position to name the man who died following a boat rolling in Fiordland on Saturday afternoon. He was 57-year-old Peter John McKenzie, of Invercargill. Mr McKenzie and his two companions made it to shore near the river mouth at Wairaurahiri, but sadly Mr McKenzie had died by the