Social gaming experience joins Christmas gala event
Social gaming experience joins Christmas gala event
The annual Christmas in the Bluff gala day is always popular but this year there will be another great addition to the activities.
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Fishing helps wellbeing: study
Fishing helps wellbeing: study
It seems fishing for trout is not only good for the stomach.
Award-winning play a tribute to hope and healing
Award-winning play a tribute to hope and healing
A month after the 58th anniversary of the Aberfan mining disaster, Neil Anthony Docking’s award-winning The Revlon Girl will play at the Invercargill Civic Theatre’s Wikitoria Room on...
Annual gift drive gains momentum
Annual gift drive gains momentum
City Impact Church leaders have been left speechless over the outpouring of public generosity towards their annual Christmas gift initiative.
Colourful fundraiser to boost canteen revamp
Colourful fundraiser to boost canteen revamp
The only thing that has changed at the Central Southland College canteen in the past 30 years is the menu, Home and School Association member Emma Hammond says.
Federated Farmers president praises deadline extension
Federated Farmers president praises deadline extension
Southland Federated Farmers president Jason Herrick says they finally have a reason to celebrate after the government extended deadlines for their farm plans — and Environment Southland agrees it...
Economy ‘slightly starting to recover’
Economy ‘slightly starting to recover’
Southland's economy has hit rock bottom and is slightly starting to recover — but the Christmas and summer will still be tough, an economist says.
Wooden wonders
Wooden wonders
The Southland Wood Workers Guild exhibition opened last Saturday with a range of diverse exhibits displayed for the judges and the public.
Answers sought on Sound’s masterplan
Answers sought on Sound’s masterplan
Four months after the delivery of a multimillion-dollar master plan on the future on tourism jewel Milford Sound, no decisions have come forward from the government.
Founder bewildered by road safety funding cuts
Founder bewildered by road safety funding cuts
The founder of a successful road safety programme says funding cuts in the South will cost jobs and jeopardise lives.
Coastguard bar crossing roadshow highlights risks
Coastguard bar crossing roadshow highlights risks
Riverton's boating community are acutely aware crossing an estuary bar will always be among a boatie’s most dangerous manoeuvres.
Adventures, trials of sea journey recounted
Adventures, trials of sea journey recounted
Twenty-nine countries, 33,000 nautical miles, two whale collisions and a rat infestation.
‘Grassroots work ethic’ motivates man on special run
‘Grassroots work ethic’ motivates man on special run
The hardworking Southland spirit is motivating a man on a mission to run the length of New Zealand twice to raise $1million for men’s mental health.
Driving into a decade of giving
Driving into a decade of giving
The Harcourts Southland Foodbank Drive is marking 10 years of collecting kai for the community.
Cones taking over the CBD
Cones taking over the CBD
Diversions, cones and roadworks have become part of the lives of Invercargill residents — and there are more to come.
Girlfriend describes desperate efforts to save partner
Girlfriend describes desperate efforts to save partner
The girlfriend of a man who was stabbed outside the Invercargill courthouse has described her desperate efforts to save his life.
Dangerous situation not expected: victim
Dangerous situation not expected: victim
A man who was stabbed outside the Invercargill courthouse said he did not expect a dangerous situation to unfold that night.
4.8 quake shakes lower South Island
4.8 quake shakes lower South Island
An earthquake registering 4.8 on the Richter scale rocked the lower South Island yesterday morning.
Mayor fears NZTA funding shortfall could put safety of road users at risk
Mayor fears NZTA funding shortfall could put safety of road users at risk
A Southern mayor fears lives could be at risk amid a funding shortfall for his region’s roads.
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Gin wins top prize at awards
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Gin wins top prize at awards
Third Island Gin’s head distiller could make exquisite gins out of anything you gave him, one of Rakiura Distilling’s company directors, Jim Turrell, says.