The Stand Up For SIT campaign continues to be an active voice against the Government’s Reform of Vocational Education proposal, having opened a pop-up shop in Invercargill for the consultation period. Located on the corner of Cambridge Arcade and Esk Street (the former HWCP pop-up shop), the shop wi

Clutha-Southland MP Hamish Walker is gearing up for one of the biggest head to head battles on the rugby field of his life. On Saturday, April 6, the Parliamentary Rugby Team will take on the Blair Vining Invitational Side in Queenstown at the Wakatipu Recreation Ground. The charity rugby match will

A study by researchers from Statens Serum Institut (SSI) once again invalidates the claim that the MMR vaccine increases children’s risk of developing autism. The study results are timely because Europe is currently witnessing a tripling of measles cases in just one year. For more than 20 years, cla

Today Otago Lakes Central police executed two search warrants in the Wanaka area. At one address, Police located a sophisticated cannabis growing room with 34 cannabis plants. These plants were all at different levels of maturity, with some ready to be sold. As a result of that search warrant, a 58-

Fonterra’s acting chief executive will stay on permanently, with a pay packet of $1.95 million a year, after an international search was canned. Fonterra’s interim chief executive Miles Hurrell discussing the annual results. The dairy co-operative announced that Miles Hurrell will continue to lead i

This year’s Gore District Youth Awards are already shaping up to be a spectacular night with double gold medal Paralympian blade-runner Liam Malone confirmed as MC and guest speaker. The Gore District Youth Council has also come up with a new date for the event so it coincides with Youth Week. The 2

Sad news from the world of entertainment. Luke Perry has passed away after reportedly suffering a massive stroke aged just 52. Luke was active with TV and movie productions right up to his passing but it’s BH 90210 that he’ll be most remembered for. What were you memories of Beverly Hills 90210? htt

Hundreds of Tiwai staff and their families will take off the high vis and put on their running shoes, to take part in the annual ICC Surf to City on Sunday. About 300 people have signed up from the New Zealand Aluminium Smelters’ Tiwai site, a mixture of staff and their families. It’s believed to […