A new initiative in Gore will try to help young victims of family violence become healthy and happy members of society, with hopes of breaking the cycle.
The Gore District Council still has questions around any merging of the local body councils in Southland and will not be spending any more money than it has to on the proposal.
Stewart Quertier, of Knapdale finished his Ford V8-powered Special in time for the Leitch Motorsport Classic Speedfest at Invercargill’s Teretonga Raceway in February, 2006.
Problems with Southland Hospital's "too small" emergency department are outlined in information prepared for former Health Minister Shane Reti in December 2024.
Invercargill Mayor Nobby Clark has hit out at an attempt by a councillor to ask for details about museum build costs, saying if he turned up to meetings he would be aware of the money involved.
A former Invercargill city councillor says she has not cleared her bill with the council after they removed gorse from her land more than two years ago.
With Gore’s country music festival back next week and bigger than ever, some of its events such as yodelling and line dancing are feeling the ripple effect of a global boom in the genre.
More brown teal/pāteke in Fiordland National Park have survived this year than ever before and rangers involved are celebrating the success of predator control.
Forest & Bird has hit out at the plan to give special status to the wapiti deer, saying it is allowing a North American deer species to use a national park "as a glorified vege patch".
If you are selling your dairy herd, moving farms, or sending your stock to grazing, take time to plan their movement in advance and confirm the exact number of cattle you need to transport.
A small but fired-up group gathered by the brown trout statue in Gore last Friday, protesting the Pay Equity Amendment Bill that was rushed through parliament last Wednesday.
While the government says farm-to-forestry conversions will not get away with continuing to plant despite restrictions, a southern farming leader says the horse may have already bolted.