Luisa Girao

The Southland Chamber of Commerce is suggesting the Invercargill City Council minimise its proposed increases for next financial year, saying some seemed "excessive".

When a Tuatapere man came up with an idea to make personal locator beacons more accessible, he thought if one life was saved, it would all be worth it.

An Invercargill man who distributed objectionable material of young children said he was trying to fit in online, but got himself into "a rabbit role" — and consequently in prison.

The independent review about the misconduct complaint against former manager Nigel Skelt could take up to six weeks, ILT Stadium Southland interim chairman says.

An Invercargill dairy was burgled this week.

The conversion of productive land into forestry needs to be determined by its people and not by foreign investors and the Government as it could destroy a whole community, Southland’s mayor says.

A Swedish corporate giant has approval to buy a farm in Tuatapere and convert it into forestry, but Federated Farmers says the purchase will hurt communities and the country’s bottom line.

An Invercargill city councillor sick of the daily fight against sexism says when she was first elected a fellow councillor gave her a nickname in reference to her physical attributes.