The next triennial local body elections will be held in 2019. Subject to the final determination of any current representation reviews, elections will be held for: Mayor (1 Vacancy) Rebecca Amundsen Steve Chernishov Darren Ludlow Tim Shadbolt Council (12 Vacancies) Lindsay Abbott Rebecca Amundsen Ar

One person has died after a boat rolled over in Fiordland yesterday. The boat, containing three occupants, is believed to have been swamped and rolled over at around 3pm yesterday afternoon near the river mouth at Wairaurahiri. The three occupants were able to swim to shore. One of those people rais

Two Lotto players from Auckland and Hamilton will be feeling on top of the world after each winning $500,000 with Lotto First Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. The winning tickets were sold at Manukau Pak N Save in Auckland and Gordonton Superette in Hamilton. Powerball was not struck this even

A community event at Wachner Place this weekend promises plenty of family fun, in the name of raising awareness of gambling harm. Nga Kete Matauranga Pounamu Charitable Trust, the ILT Foundation, and Invercargill City Council have joined forces to offer the Gambling Harm Awareness event to encourage

On Thursday 5th September at SIT Centrestage the Chamber of Commerce hosted a ‘Meet the Mayoral Candidates’ evening. MC was John Prendergast asking the tough (and not so tough) questions to incumbent Sir Mayor Tim Shadbolt, Deputy Mayor Becs Amundsen, Cr Darren Ludlow and Steve Chernishov, followed

A Southland-built home is in the running to be named New Zealand’s House of the Year. Stonewood Homes Southland has been recognised as a Gold Reserve Finalist in the 2019 Registered Master Builders House of the Year Awards – the only Southland builder to make it through to the prestigious National F

ILT and the Southern Institute of Technology will collaborate with the aim of developing an exciting inner-city initiative. The two organisations have agreed to join forces to investigate opportunities which would link the Kelvin Hotel and SIT’s proposed Kelvin Street Apartments to create a fully op

We are fortunate as a region to have one of the highest percentages of local players in our Mitre 10 Squad who also committed to club rugby in Southland in 2019. We’re also stoked that Morgan, Mike and Marty, who have been playing internationally at club and Super level during the off season, have r