The term ''boys in blue'' could well have been coined for the McLeod family.
The Invercargill City Council will be the new owner of the city's financially-troubled Rugby Park, but chief executive Richard King says he hopes neighbouring councils will also contribute towards running costs.
The cost of controlling cats and dogs is proving costly for Invercargill city ratepayers.
Resource consent applications for the proposed Haast-Hollyford Highway should be lodged in April, its promoter says.
A woman injured at Te Anau early on Monday morning was recovering after a ''traumatic incident'', Detective Sergeant John Kean, of Invercargill, said yesterday. The woman received a cut to her arm and was seen by a GP, he said.
Mataura and Edendale residents have already strongly opposed the activities of Bahrain based company Taha Asia Pacific, and now residents further south are expressing similar concerns.
Invercargill businessman Bryan Campbell admits he has no significant money in the bank yet, but says he is well down the track with plans to set up a trust to buy the Kingston Flyer's rolling stock and run a passenger service between Invercargill and Bluff.
Fancy playing ball on Invercargill's Oreti Beach? Don't worry about bringing a ball from home - just pick one up off the sand.
Southland's workplaces may not be showing it yet, but consultant Dr Natalie Jackson is warning young workers will soon be in short supply in the province.
Gore District Mayor Tracy Hicks says it is time for a comprehensive discussion on what Southland facilities are regional assets and how they might be funded by the province's three councils.
A Southland District Councillor has welcomed the firming up of a roading project which has been on the drawing board for almost 10 years.
Police are appealing for help to track down thieves who have stolen thousands of dollars worth of wool from Southland farms in recent weeks.
The Southland District Council has been asked to seriously consider relocating part of the proposed Around the Mountains Cycle Trail away from the upper reaches of the Oreti River.
A 76-year-old man acted instinctively when he grabbed a pick axe handle to drive off two large dogs attacking two women out walking yesterday.
Fonterra is about to recruit ''on its back doorstep'', as well as further afield, to fill about 70 vacancies coming up at its Edendale dairy processing plant.
The Invercargill City Council will take a harder line against aggressive and unregistered dogs after the third dog attack in the city in a week.
Matt Hamblett is carrying most of the items you would expect of someone tramping on Stewart Island - clothes, food and extra socks.
Neighbours say a fire which extensively damaged the living areas of a south Invercargill house yesterday spread quickly.
People have been warned to keep themselves, pets and stock away from the Waikaia River and the upper reaches of the Mataura River after a sighting of the potentially toxic benthic cyanobacteria (blue/green or brown/black algae).
The two large dogs which attacked two women in Invercargill on Monday have been destroyed.