A two-year project to construct the $14 million State Highway 1 Edendale Realignment has reached the half way mark and plenty has been achieved in that time. Due for completion in mid-2020, the realignment will improve safety and increase accessibility for Southland communities and businesses. Work

Farmers in South Otago are relieved by the mild start to winter, with fears a drought was imminent in the autumn. The usually lush Clutha Southland region is facing increasingly dry conditions. The dry start to the year had farmers fearing a cold snap may catch them out and leave them short of feed

Business start-ups and eagle-eyed investors rejoice: Southland is set to become your playground. COIN South has just launched and will be Southland’s go-to when it comes to start-ups. Whether you’re the one with the next big idea or the person wanting to support new business growth in the south, COI

Hi there team. We continue our jaunt down the road of break up songs with our own true music store Little Fire MusicWorks. Here’s a couple more that featured on the RNZ list of break up songs from last week. First up it’s country star Charlie Rich with Have You Seen The Most Beautiful Girl, […]

Saturday nights Lotto The Strike Must Be Won jackpot of $1 million was not won by a single ticket and therefore rolled down to Division 2, where it was shared by 163 players. Winton is listed as a winning ticket sale and Southland on the My Lotto app also. 163 Strike players from around the […]

A front, preceded by gale westerlies, and followed by gale southwesterlies is forecast to move north across the lower South Island this (Sunday) afternoon. Gales west to southwest winds may become severe in exposed parts of coastal Southland including Stewart Island, Clutha and Dunedin and a Watch i

The body of a man has tonight been recovered from Lake Wakatipu, Queenstown. Formal identification of the body is still to be completed but Police believe it is that of 46-year-old Matthew Charles Duncan, of Bluff. Mr Duncan went missing from a cabin boat, Sundance 2, on Lake Wakatipu on Sunday 30 J

Isobel Pearson has been honoured with a Southland District Council/Otautau Community Board award in recognition of her 41 years of excellent service to her community. As caretaker/cleaner of Otautau’s public facilities over four decades she set and maintained a very high standard, which made a lasti