An emphatic 37-19 start by the Southland Sharks has propelled the reigning Sal’s NBL champions to a strong 103-88 win over the traveling Southern Huskies. Jarrad Weeks led the charge with 16pts in the opening quarter, including four treys, while Alex Pledger, Hyrum Harris and Todd Blanchfield all sa

This week has signalled the start of an exciting new chapter in our region’s development with Great South established to lead Southland into the future. In 2015 it was identified that in order to encourage Southland’s future prosperity a renewed focus was needed to grow Southland’s culture and lifes

Police are seeking information from members of the public who witnessed a man’s erratic driving in the Invercargill city centre earlier today. At approximately 12pm today, Friday 5 July, Police were alerted to a man, who was wanted to arrest, driving a Gold Ford Falcon registration BWR478 erraticall

The Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) is proud to announce the inaugural celebration of the Maori New Year, Matariki, at its campus in Invercargill. This will be held as a component of the Re-O Week activities that have been planned for new and returning students in July. The event will be host

Something delicious is coming to Bill Richardson Transport World – and it’s the result of a collaboration with a group dedicated to giving Southland men a purpose. Bill Richardson Transport World will open its newest exhibit, a custom-built Chocolate Room featuring memorabilia from the Cadbury’s fac

Growth in all areas of the business, significant financial improvement and continued gains in procurement has Southland meat processor and marketer Blue Sky Meats running at a strong pace. The company will soon release its Annual Report 2019 and is pleased to announce it has delivered its best resul

Police have revealed details of how the gun buyback process will work at a public demonstration today. New firearms laws are now in effect banning most semi-automatic firearms and some pump action shotguns, and also certain large capacity magazines. There will be 192 collection events for banned wea

Police have now released photos of the offender who robbed the Traffers Bar in Gore at around 8.45pm on Sunday 30 June. The man entered the Hokonui Drive premises armed with a knife and demanded cash from the bar manager. Unable to access the till, he fled from the scene on foot. The offender was […