Southern District Health Board (SDHB) is promoting the importance of immunisation throughout one’s life, including shingles and influenza immunisation for those aged 65 and older, and immunisation for all pregnant women. SDHB medical officer of health Dr Keith Reid says that as people got older, the

The third week of the Southland Arts Festival has the potential to ruffle a few feathers. The festival which launched on the 25th April and runs until Sunday, 20 May is promoting the festival’s most risqué show to date. If there’s not dancing at the revolution, I’m not coming has the potential to ca

Over 70 people from all sectors of the community met in Gore yesterday for the first of three workshops to formulate a plan for a vibrant, successful and sustainable Gore District. It was the first time members of the six action teams involved in the Ready for Growth development project have come to

The 17-match winning streak of the Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel has come to an end, toppled by pre-season favourites Te Wānanga o Raukawa Pulse, 62-51, in Palmerston North. The Steel could find no answer for the Pulse’s young shooting duo of Aliyah Dunn and Tiana Metuarau, who showed an incredibl

Hi y’all and welcome to the merry month of May which is also New Zealand Music Month. As the weather is a bit average I thought we’d get a summeree type tune to warm us up on Mal’s Music Memory What better than this tune from exactly 30 years ago, The HolidayMakers hit Sweet […]

Southland/Otago Competition results from games played at the SDRL grounds , Elles Road, Invercargill last Saturday. Write up courtesy of Southland District Rugby League. In the first game of the day we had He Tauaa up against University from Dunedin. Uni had gone through the Otago part of the local

Leading food company Alliance Group has reported promising outcomes from a pilot programme marketing hogget as a premium product as the co-operative seeks to capture more value for farmer shareholders. A number of farmer shareholders asked the co-operative to explore the development of a market for

A front is forecast to approach the lower South Island Tuesday morning, bringing rain to western areas and another period of west to northwest gales to many parts of the south. The strongest winds are expected to affect Fiordland, Southland, Otago, and Canterbury south of the Rakaia River. A Severe