A fire was deliberately lit next to a retail store on Dee Street in the early hours of Friday morning. CCTV footage shows a group of youths walking pass the Daily Needs Mini Mart on Dee Street with the leader of the group stopping and lights cardboard boxes stored outside next door to the store. […]

Harness driver Ellie Barron has promised to make a 100 metre dash in costume at the Northern Southland Trotting Club meeting at Ascot Park Raceway in Invercargill on Saturday if $1000 is pledged to the Teal Pants Campaign. You can make your donation to SBS 031355 04511 20 00 50 and use the reference

Opinion: Like hundreds of other concerned Southlanders, I went to the event last Friday at SIT’s Hansen Hall. I listened to Hon Chris Hipkins explain what he was planning for the the vocational training sector and why. I found his plan and his reasoning very unconvincing. The issue that the minister

In the week since Stand Up For SIT was launched, we have seen phenomenal support for the Southern Institute of Technology (SIT). Southland turned out in droves to meet Education Minister Chris Hipkins at the public meeting last week and I am so grateful and humbled by the people who have chosen to w

Due to a crash, there is traffic management in place south of the intersection with Otaitai Road. Road users are advised to take extra care.

Environment Southland’s latest monitoring has found elevated levels of the toxic algae benthic cyanobacteria in the Hamilton Burn at Affleck Road. These algae can produce toxins that are harmful to people and animals if swallowed, or through contact with skin. People and animals (dogs in particular)

Emergency services have been called to the scene of a serious crash involving a truck and car on Te Anau Milford Highway, Fiordland National Park. Police were called around 2.30pm. Initial indications are one person has received serious injuries. Two helicopters have been dispatched. Motorists are a

Fonterra’s comments have come in submissions to the biggest structural change in the dairy industry for almost two decades. At stake are a range of state-enforced constraints that were imposed on Fonterra when it was set up at the start of the century. They were intended to stop the company from exp