Creativity on display at Lego show
Toddlers, octogenarians and all ages in between converged on ILT Stadium Southland in Invercargill at the weekend to see the creative Lego displays of the fifth annual Southland Brick Show.
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Still reporting for Anzac parade duty, 45 years on
Still reporting for Anzac parade duty, 45 years on
Every year for the past 45 years there has been only one man leading the Anzac dawn parade in Invercargill at the Cenotaph, and that man is Warrant Officer Class 1 Bill South.
Seriously unwell crewman arrives in Bluff
Seriously unwell crewman arrives in Bluff
The fishing boat crewman whom Southern Lakes Helicopters was sent to evacuate to Southland Hospital arrived in Bluff yesterday morning, aboard the vessel he had been working on.
Police investigating after cars set alight
Police investigating after cars set alight
Police in Invercargill are investigating after three cars were set alight in the Invercargill suburb of Windsor early yesterday.
Council to examine routes as bus patronage falls
Council to examine routes as bus patronage falls
Invercargill's bus service continues to be patronised less and less, year after year, with user numbers down by almost 75,000 over the past six years.
Small profit for Southland
Small profit for Southland
Rugby Southland turned a small profit in 2018 and has become debt-free this year.
Southern raids net guns,drugs
Southern raids net guns,drugs
Eleven people were arrested over the past 10 days in raids carried out by police in Invercargill, Gore and Queenstown.
SIT visit wake-up call for Hipkins: Bridges
SIT visit wake-up call for Hipkins: Bridges
National's Simon Bridges believes Government plans to merge 16 polytechnics into a single national institute were settled until Education Minister Chris Hipkins visited the SIT and other institutions.
Call for alleged gunman's trial to be suppressed
Call for alleged gunman's trial to be suppressed
A prominent Southland lawyer has called for the trial of the man accused of the Christchurch terror attack that left 50 dead last month to be suppressed.
$590,000 in unplanned expenditure
$590,000 in unplanned expenditure
Southland District Council will be asked to approve unbudgeted expenditure of almost $600,000 in the current financial year.
Steep cost to make water tower safe
Steep cost to make water tower safe
The cost of making Invercargill's iconic water tower earthquake safe could be as high as $1.3 million, a report by the city's water manager reveals.
Chamber against polytech mega-merger
Chamber against polytech mega-merger
Southland businesses are overwhelmingly against the merger of the Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) into the Government's proposed New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology.
Driver dies in Tiwai Rd crash
Driver dies in Tiwai Rd crash
One person was killed and another injured in a crash in Tiwai Rd, near Invercargill, early yesterday.
ICC makes proposal on merger
ICC makes proposal on merger
The Government has been accused of taking a one-size-fits-all approach over its plans to merge polytechnics and institutes.
Development agency chairman appointed
Development agency chairman appointed
Ian Collier, Air New Zealand's former regional affairs manager, has been chosen to head the board of new Southland Regional Development Agency.
Takitimu Home to close next month
Takitimu Home to close next month
More than 30 staff are set to lose their jobs following the announcement that an Invercargill rest-home is to close its doors next month, after more than 55 years.
Seaweed fight may intensify
Seaweed fight may intensify
New rules that place an emphasis on boaties keeping their vessels and gear clean could come into force as environmental authorities step up the fight against a pest seaweed in Fiordland's Breaksea...
Jet-boat crash victim was award-winning farmer
Jet-boat crash victim was award-winning farmer
The man who died earlier this week following a jet-boat crash on the Hollyford River, in Fiordland National Park, has been identified by police as Shane David Gibbons.
Well-known farmer killed in jet-boat crash
Well-known farmer killed in jet-boat crash
The man who died this week following a jet-boat crash in Fiordland National Park was a well-known farmer from the Te Anau basin.
Person sought after girl sexually assaulted
Person sought after girl sexually assaulted
Invercargill detectives are appealing for help in a bid to catch a person who sexually assaulted a young school pupil on her way to school.