Luisa Girao

Twists, flips and many other acrobatics will be showcased when 900 athletes converge on Invercargill for the New Zealand Gymnastics Championships today.

Southland is standing out as one of the hottest rental markets in New Zealand — though it has the lowest rent in the country.

Longstanding Invercargill councillor Darren Ludlow announced yesterday he will make a second bid for the city’s mayoralty.

Invercargill has the highest rate of hospital admissions and premature deaths due to air pollution in New Zealand, a study shows.

A new research agreement on Stewart Island will be the biggest predator control project in global history, a conservation group director says.

The days when only men filled jobs in the trade industry are gone and many companies are looking for "girl power" to solve the skills shortage.

A bid by Invercargill deputy mayor Nobby Clark to revoke a previous decision made by the city council and join a lobby group to advocate against Three Waters reform has failed again.

Outside the lines of politics, the people of Ukraine and Russia are not at odds with each other.

There are great concerns at the Invercargill City Council about the controversial Three Waters reforms and the deputy mayor will make another push to have the organisation join a lobby group.

The construction of the new hotel in Invercargill will cost $2 million more than previously budgeted — a good outcome, all things considered, ILT chief executive Chris Ramsay says.

A Gore man will be jailed for almost a decade after sexually assaulting and taking photos of three girls aged between 7 and 11 years old.

An Invercargill man who was recognised for his volunteer work with a disabilities organisation says his biggest reward was seeing his son get his life back.