Robert Landreth

Southern yacht off to protest oil-drilling

Bluff charter yacht Tiama, skippered by Henk Haazen, sailed from Bluff yesterday to join the Oil Free Seas Flotilla to protest Texan oil company Anadarko's first deep-sea drilling operation in the Taranaki Basin.

Fire starts on stove top

Eggs which boiled dry led to a full-scale fire in an Invercargill flat yesterday.

New road access to Humpridge Track 'progressing well'

A four-wheel drive vehicle makes its way along Blue cliffs Beach, next to the washed out...

New road access to Humpridge Track 'progressing well'

Construction of a new access road to the start of the Humpridge and South Coast tracks is currently under way.

Coal seam gas search goes on

Driller Craig Armishaw, of Washingtons Drilling and Exploration, operates a modified Minerals...

Coal seam gas search goes on

The first well drilled by L&M Petroleum, in its search for coal seam gas near Ohai is expected to be completed next week after problems with the drilling equipment put a halt to the job.

Feed shipped from South East Asia to Southland

Ravensdown imported its first Southland bound shipment of palm kernel extract (PKE) into South Port yesterday, with a load of 29,000 tonnes from East Malaysia.

Southland Paralympian bound for Beijing

Southland Paralympian Jess Hamill will compete in the shot put, discus and javelin events at the...

Southland Paralympian bound for Beijing

Jess Hamill, Southland's only Paralympian, says her preparation for the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games is "going pretty good".

Animal Health Board seek exemption to release pigs in Hokonui Hills

The Animal Health Board has asked for permission to release 10 feral pigs into the Hokonui Hills in a trial to detect the presence of bovine tuberculosis in the remaining possum population.

Pilot market garden, model for Zimbabwe

A Zimbabwean entrepreneur is looking for land and expertise to set up an organic market garden in Invercargill which would be used as a pilot scheme for similar gardens in Zimbabwe.

Family businesses up for national food awards

Jeanine Venecamp, of Happy Valley Dairies, holds the butter and yoghurt which have been short...

Family businesses up for national food awards

It's Southland's dairy version of David and Goliath.

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