It’s looking likely that the Government is about to shank Southern Institute of Technology and merge it into a new bureaucratic entity called New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology (NZIST). Labour’s tertiary education reforms will be wider than first thought and will strip the Southern Insti

Air New Zealand has this week launched a southern inspired campaign ahead of the airline’s first ever direct scheduled jet service between Auckland and Invercargill which gets underway at the end of August. The month-long campaign ‘Find yourself speechless in Southland’ has been developed in partner

A baby was born in a car park outside Lumsden Maternity Centre last night, sparking fresh calls for better maternity services in the area. Former midwife Nicky Pealing said a midwife helped the woman alone, about 1am on a “wet and windy” night, because no backup was available. Midwives have made rep

Police have arrested two people in relation to an alleged aggravated burglary at a South Otago address on 12 June. This morning Police executed search warrants at four properties, one in Gore and three in Mataura. These searches involved Balclutha, Gore and Invercargill CIB and Armed Offenders Squad

An exciting new-look shooting combination will feature for the Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel in 2020. The franchise has secured the services of Trinidad and Tobago shooting star Kalifa McCollin, adding an unpredictability to the team’s attacking ranks. McCollin, who is 1.80m tall, is likely to par

Up to 30 jobs may go at Sanford’s Bluff fish-processing plant as the company plans to move white-fish processing to Timaru. Sanford’s workers in Bluff got the call to a meeting on Tuesday, where they were told for the first time that many faced being laid off or having to relocate more than 400km no

An agreement to extend the recycling sorting contract held by Southland disAbility Enterprises (SdE) for 12 months has been reached. The agreement between WasteNet and SdE is to be formally endorsed by the three WasteNet partner councils – Gore District Council, Invercargill City Council and Southla

Police have concluded a two day search that resumed on 17 June to locate one person following a boat that went missing with two people aboard on Lake Hauroko, Southland on Friday 31 May. The team found items of clothing and cooking utensils. However, no person or boat was located. The items were fou