One of the new features of this year’s Bluff Oyster & Food Festival in Bluff on Saturday 26 May is sure to bring new meaning to the phrase “hot competition.” One of the most popular features of the Festival each year is the Oyster Eating races where people are invited onto the stage to partake in an
Showing resilience and patience, the Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel held off numerous counter-attacks before posting an entertaining 64-60 win over a tenacious Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic in Dunedin on Wednesday. The injection of playmaking goal attack Olivia Bates late in the third quarter helped
Another sizzling hot summer of music will be hitting our shores in January with Greenstone Entertainment announcing its line-up of four international acts for the annual Summer Concert Tour. Queenstowns Gibbston Valley Winery will start the three date tour on Saturday January 19th 2019. Supertramp’s
The Boeing 737-800 – QF 121 from Sydney to Queenstown – has been stuck on the runway at Invercargill Airport. The airport says it’s thought there was a technical problem. “We understand it had a mechanical issue and diverted down to us”, airport chief executive Nigel Finnerty told 1 NEWS. “We’re jus
The Gore District Council has received a record number of submissions to its 10 Year Plan with 232 individuals and organisations having their say. Submissions closed last Friday to Are We Ready? the Council’s 10-Year-Plan Consultation Document. Councillors will this Thursday hold an extraordinary me
One of the new features of this year’s Bluff Oyster & Food Festival in Bluff on Saturday 26 May is sure to bring new meaning to the phrase “hot competition.” One of the most popular features of the Festival each year is the Oyster Eating races where people are invited onto the stage to partake in an
ACT wants disruptive students removed from classrooms — and is proposing a law to make it happen.
ACT candidate Paul Henry announced the policy on Sunday, pitching it as straightforward: if a student disrupts the class and won't stop, the teacher directs them out. Refuse, and consequences follow.
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Twelve Southland businesses are in the running for this year's export awards, with the 2026 finalists announced across three categories.
Export Southland chair Jamie May said the applications showed what the region's export community is actually capable of.
"Southland businesses have never let distance limit
A Winton-raised military chaplain has been recognised for building a support system for SAS families that the New Zealand Defence Force has now adopted across its operations.
Chaplain Class 3 Rich Lander received a Chief of Army Commendation in Auckland last week, following four years attached to the 1st New
Some kids at Invercargill Middle School now wait to see if their favourite resident is available before they'll start reading. That's not a bad outcome for a literacy programme.
Enliven Southland has launched a pilot initiative — Enliven Literacy with Legends — pairing Walmsley House care home residents
One of the new features of this year’s Bluff Oyster & Food Festival in Bluff on Saturday 26 May is sure to bring new meaning to the phrase “hot competition.” One of the most popular features of the Festival each year is the Oyster Eating races where people are invited onto the stage to partake in an
It will be a more confident, more attacking-minded Tayler Adams who returns to Southland rugby after finding his mojo across the Tasman. The Melbourne Rebels playmaker has signed on with the Stags for the 2018 season, three years after missing out on a contract and heading to Australia to further hi
Two cars collided at the intersection of Rimu Road and Longbush South Road in Southland. One ambulance is at the scene and another on route. A St John spokesman said three people have serious injuries and will be taken to Southland hospital. Cordons are in place and motorists are asked to be patient
St John ambulance attended a motor vehicle accident on Oki Street near Oreti beach, assessed and treated two female passengers with minor injuries and did not require hospital treatment, a St John’s spokesperson said.
Showing resilience and patience, the Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel held off numerous counter-attacks before posting an entertaining 64-60 win over a tenacious Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic in Dunedin on Wednesday. The injection of playmaking goal attack Olivia Bates late in the third quarter helped
Another sizzling hot summer of music will be hitting our shores in January with Greenstone Entertainment announcing its line-up of four international acts for the annual Summer Concert Tour. Queenstowns Gibbston Valley Winery will start the three date tour on Saturday January 19th 2019. Supertramp’s
The Boeing 737-800 – QF 121 from Sydney to Queenstown – has been stuck on the runway at Invercargill Airport. The airport says it’s thought there was a technical problem. “We understand it had a mechanical issue and diverted down to us”, airport chief executive Nigel Finnerty told 1 NEWS. “We’re jus
The Gore District Council has received a record number of submissions to its 10 Year Plan with 232 individuals and organisations having their say. Submissions closed last Friday to Are We Ready? the Council’s 10-Year-Plan Consultation Document. Councillors will this Thursday hold an extraordinary me
