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The future is looking great with an exciting new identity revealed to drive Southland’s regional success. Today marks the first official day of trading for the Southland Regional Development Agency and to celebrate a new name has been unveiled. Great South will be the trading name for the organisati

Police would like speak to members of the public with information about an aggravated robbery at the Traffers Bar in Gore on Sunday evening. A man wearing a mask entered the Hokonui Drive premises armed with a knife at around 8:45pm on Sunday 30 June. He demanded cash from the bar manager but was un

Blair Vining, 38, has bowel cancer and was given just weeks to live following his diagnosis in October last year. He has been ticked items off his bucket list and shared his journey with his 15,000 Facebook followers. One of those goals was starting a petition calling on the government to set up a N

The Minister of Finance received a request for an investigation under section 58 of the Charitable Trusts Act 1975 into the Community Trust of Southland, now Community Trust South concerning the actions of the trustees leading up to the resignation of John Prendergast in June 2017. In August 2018 th

A new hydroslide featuring three slides proposed for Invercargill’s Splash Palace is a step closer as final preparations are made for work to start on the $2.89 million project. Council aquatic services manager Peter Thompson said “We’re really excited to now be able to show the hydroslides off to e

On Saturday (29th June) evening another thing on Blair Vinings bucket list was ticked off, a 140,000 signature petition calling for the Government to help cancer sufferers get better support in NZ. The petition was presented to Southland-Clutha MP Hamish Walker. The function was attended by 650 gues

Police are appealing for witnesses to a suspicious house fire in Edendale, Southland. Emergency services were called to the fire at a property on Seaward Road shortly after 1am on Saturday, 29 June. Upon arrival the house was well ablaze. Luckily the occupant of the house and his two-year-old son, w

Imagine what you could do with $30m. You’d make a significant difference in whatever area you spent that $30m in. With the right guidance, you might even be able to change the trajectory of a city. Invercargill ratepayers have the opportunity to consult on whether they’d like the Invercargill City C