Played Saturday July 20th at Tokanui in front of a good sized crowd in changeable damp conditions. It was a good clean, fast and tight game. Southland Club Rugby – Division 2 Final Teams : Tokanui vs Mataura Half Time Score was : Tokanui 21 / Mataura 5 Full Time Score was : Tokanui 28 […]

The government is to establish a firearms register and make major changes to the licensing regime, in the second phase of gun law reforms. In the aftermath of the 15 March shootings, the goverment made certain weapons illegal and set up a buy back scheme. A second piece of legislation will now set u

The big upset after the 2016 local Invercargill City Council election was Cr Graham Sycamore on the election day just squeaked back on to the council table, but this was short lived after special votes were counted. Sycamore was out and Lindsay Abbot took the 12th chair at the council table.   Take

Go for landing……immortal words from Houston control as The Eagle came closer and closer to where no man had gone before, the surface of the moon. A couple of minutes later another immortal line, “Tranquility base here, The Eagle has landed”. History had just been made, but more was to come with Neil

Applications for the Westpac Southland Business Excellence Awards (WSBEA) closed on Friday, 12 July 2019. “We are so thrilled to have a record number of businesses apply with 109 applications received over the 10 categories” Mrs Sheree Carey, CE Southland Chamber of Commerce said. The WSBEA is a sho

This morning Rugby Southland had the pleasure of announcing our 2019 SIT Zero Fees Southland Stags Squad. The event was celebrated by staff, sponsors and players alike. “The squad of thirty five we have assembled is still one of the most local Mitre 10 Cup squads in the country, 26 of whom are from

Third major power outage in 8 weeks. At approximately 10.34am, Friday 19 July we experienced temporary power outages at our Leven Street Substation, resulting in a temporary loss of Power supply in the Invercargill CBD and Bond and Mersey Streets. PowerNet employees were completing routine switching

The Provincial Growth Fund (PGF) is investing in air connectivity, water storage, business growth and economic development in Southland, Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones announced today.   The four projects announced are: Invercargill Airport air cargo and terminal development (Inv