Luisa Girao

Contractors involved in Invercargill’s inner-city development started to work on a big puzzle yesterday.

Twenty-two will loom large for an Invercargill man today.

With many events being cancelled across the country, Southland Racing Club members felt lucky they could hold one of their premium race days.

While there is strong support for Invercargill City Council to increase its investment into the CBD block in the city, a property manager says the council is not being truthful with its residents.

Invercargill's water quality looks set to be improved.

It is not about having one or the other — there is a world where the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter and a green hydrogen plant could coexist, a Meridian Energy’s manager says.

Invercargill now has its own symbol to show the city’s commitment to diversity.

The discovery of dead blue penguins at Stewart Island last month highlighted the importance of trapping feral cats and training pet dogs visiting the island, an advocate says.

This year’s Burt Munro Challenge being called off did not stop a group of motorcyclists from the North Island heading south.

Two climbers were rescued uninjured after being stuck overnight on a ledge in the Darran Mountains in Fiordland, an area which has claimed the lives of four climbers in the past five years.

A tradesman at the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter says it was once the best employer in the country but the company needs to raise its game.

The Invercargill City Council’s financial and capital programme is operating a "bit below forecast", a manager says.

A resident of Conon St, in Invercargill, says he is sleeping with one eye open after two fires deemed suspicious occurred in his street in four days.

Covid has impacted another important event for Southland’s economy.

Southland leaders yesterday celebrated Rio Tinto’s intention to keep the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter open beyond 2024, but the Government remains unsure about the company’s future.

Southland's most well-known places will be soon up for sale — but only as part of the world’s most popular board game.

The site of the former Otautau Town Hall has been transformed into a community hub thanks to the efforts of a church group.

The Invercargill City Council is proposing a drop in speed limits on a majority of its roads in what it says is an effort to reduce deaths and serious injuries.

Shakespeare in the Park is back at Queens Park in Invercargill this week with its production of A Plague O’ Both Your Houses.

The first public meeting of an Invercargill City Council governance group has shown tensions between Mayor Sir Tim Shadbolt and his deputy mayor continue.