Videos
2012 Invercargill Surf to City
The 12km Surf to City run was held in Invercargill on Sunday, February 12.
Edendale Crank Up 2012
The 2012 Edendale Vintage Machinery Club Crank Up was held on January 28 and 29.
2011 Burt Munro Challenge
Nelson motorcycle enthusiast Merv Lightfoot talks about why he loves the Burt Munro Challenge.
Invercargill mayor on cycleway
Invercargill Mayor Tim Shadbolt gives his opinion on the Tweed St cycleway.
Roulston talks tactics
2011 Tour of Southland leader Hayden Roulston talks to Nathan Burdon before Thursday's stage five.
Roulston Talks tactics
Tour of Southland leader Hayden Roulston talks with Nathan Burdon before today's double stage day.
Jeremy Vennell talks tactics
Tour of Southland tour leader Jeremy Vennell discusses the tactics of today's stage from Invercargill to Bluff with sports editor Nathan Burdon.
Pair remanded on animal welfare charges
Ramon and Wilma Zeestraten in the Invercargill District Court this morning. They are facing several charges relating to neglect of animal welfare.
Stags celebrate
Southland Stags celebrate winning the Ranfurly Shield from Canterbury earlier this year.
The Civic Welcome (Powhiri)
The Civic Welcome (Powhiri) and Official Capping Ceremony for the Scotland Rugby team at the Te Rau Aroha Marae in Bluff.
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Bill English on the IRD
Deputy Prime Minister Bill English talks about the 63 jobs that will be lost at the Invercargill IRD office.
Woodlands v Star
Southland club rugby highlights: Woodlands v Star in the 2011 Galbriath Shield final
Queenstown Winter Festival 2011
The Queenstown Winter Festival 2011 kicked off with a spectacular display of a record-breaking 40 floats in the festival street parade yesterday
Queenstown Winter Festival
The Queenstown Winter Festival 2011 kicked off with a spectacular display of a record-breaking 40 floats in the festival street parade.
Sharks at Fernworth School
Southland Sharks basketballers were down at Fernworth School, in Invercargill, to pass on some tips to their young fans.
Underwater view
Mana Charters Bluff operator Bob Hawless films fish off Ruapuke and Foveaux Strait using an underwater camera and a home-made rig.
Headquarters demolished
The Mongrel Mob Head-quarters in Severn St, Invercargill, being cleared after it was set on fire in the early hours of Thursday morning.
Invercargill Mongrel Mob headquarters
Businessman Louis Crimp in the empty Mongrel Mob headquarters on Severn St, Invercargill.
Anzac Day 2011 in Invercargill
Hundreds of people, young and old, attended the Anzac dawn ceremony at Invercargill's War Memorial.
Stem cell treatment
Gil Sinclair, of Stemvet New Zealand and Elles Road Veterinary Centre vet Dr Sandy Cooper injecting cat Tuku with stem cells in the first procedure of its kind to be conducted in Southland.
Mark 'Sparky' Dickel
New Southland basketball star Mark Dickel arrives in Invercargill ahead of his Sharks debut against the Nuggets.
Presbury wins
Invercargill's Hamish Presbury wins the Great Southern challenge for the second year in a row.
Spanish lessons begin
James Hargest High School Year 12 and 13 spanish class help Southlanders to learn some key phrases ahead of the Rugby World Cup in September.
Americarna in Invercargill
The Americarna convoy hits the city as the official car show started today.
Stadium countdown begins
Officials gather together to mark the official start of the rebuild of Stadium Southland.
Invercargill gang members
Two gang members are confronted by police at an Invercargill bus stop near Aurora College today. Warning: Explicit content.
First Bluff oysters arrive in port
The Argosy returns with the first haul of oysters for the 2011 season before heading back to sea for more.
2011 NZ track champs
Simon van Velthooven takes out the second ride against Matt Archibald to claim gold in the men's sprint.
Returning to Invercargill
Friends and family greet each other with warm smiles and hugs at the Invercargill Airport yesterday after arriving in the city from quake-ravaged Christchurch.
Hagley Park
People in a shelter at Hagley Park, Christchurch, on Tuesday night. They are people mainly evacuated from the CBD after the 6.3 earthquake.
Surf to City
Surf to City participants at the finish line share their thoughts on this year's event.
Gore to Invercargill classic
Timaru's Marc Ryan wins the Gore to Invercargill cycle classic after beating second placed Jason Christie in the sprint to the line.
Auckland wins sevens title
The Wayne Pivac-coached Auckland team wins the 2011 national sevens title in Queenstown.
Dead heat at velodrome
Eddie Dawkins and Simon Van Velthooven achieve a rare dead heat in the final of the men's sprint at the ILT Velodrome.
Opening night of Festival of Speed
Young Commonwealth Games representatives Myron Simpson and Aaron Gate take out the New Zealand madison championship on the opening night of the Festival of Speed at Invercargill's ILT Velodrome.
Kepler Challenge 2010
The 2010 Kepler Challenge in 2010 turned on spectacular weather and some great racing with Vajin Armstrong and Shireen Crumpton taking out the men's and women's races.
Shyla the dog
Chihuahua-cross Shyla shows all the traits of a loving mum as she tends to her adopted babies, an abandoned litter of kittens.
Weightlifting in Invercargill
New Zealand's best weightlifters were in Invercargill over the weekend for the National Olympic Weighlifting Championships. Check out the above clip to see some of the action.
Tour of Southland stage nine
Hayden Roulston hangs on to win his fourth Tour of Southland title after the stage nine finish in Invercargill's Gala St.
Tour of Southland stage eight
Hayden Roulston takes over the yellow jersey from Jack Bauer with a win in Lumsden on the penultimate stage of the Tour of Southland.
Tour of Southland stage six
Stags six of the Tour of Southland takes the peloton from Lumsden to the Crown Range lookout near Queenstown. Jeremy Yates won the stage to keep a hold of the yellow jersey.
Tour of Southland stage five
Pure Black Racing's Mike Northey wins stage five of the Tour of Southland from Tuatapere to Winton.
Tour of Southland stage four
Greg Henderson wins stage four of the Tour of Southland after a bunch sprint into Tuatapere.
Tour of Southland stage three
Subway-Avanti's Joe Cooper wins stage three of the Tour of Southland from Invercargill to Gore and Jeremy Yates (Share the Road) retains the yellow jersey.
Tour of Southland stage two
Share the Road's Jeremy Yates wins the second stage of the Tour of Southland from Invercargill to Bluff.
Tour of Southland stage one
The Tour of Southland's opening stage is a two-lap team time trial of Invercargill's Queens Park. The Calder Stewart/Bike NZ team dominated to win by 11sec from Subway-Avanti, with Share the Road third.
Hayden Roulston at Bluff School
Commonwealth Games silver medallist Hayden Roulston visits Bluff School ahead of the Tour of Southland.
Queenstown Jazzfest opening
Queenstown Jazzfest opening night gala, with Mark Wilson, Rodger Fox and Big Band friends and singer Pearly McGrath. Artists paid tribute to Queenstown's 'first lady of song' Margaret O'Hanlon.
Dawkins present Comm Games scarf
Commonweath Games medallist Eddie Dawkins presents a ceremonial scarf to his former Waihopai School teacher Gwenyth Anderson.
Dawkins home from Comm Games
Southland Times reporter Brendon Egan talks with Southland cyclist Eddie Dawkins about his silver and bronze medals at the Commonwealth Games.
Comm Games medallist returns home
Commonwealth Games silver medallist Jess Hamill was greeted by friends and family, including parents Isabel and Peter, at Invercargill Airport this afternoon.
Stadium Southland demolition
The centre court at Stadium Southland, the scene of many of the province's greatest sporting moments, was demolished today as the clean up from the big snow continued.
Junior Tour of Southland stage four
The penultimate stage of the Junior Tour of Southland involved a criterium around the Invercargill CBD in wet conditions today.
Southland men's hockey team celebrate national title
The Southland men's hockey team won the New Zealand senior title for the first time in Invercargill.
Springston Trophy cross-country
Competitors from throughout the South Island compete in the cross-country section on day two of the Springston Trophy at the Noel Griffin equestrian centre near Invercargill.
Junior Tour of Southland prologue
With 164 male and female riders competing across four age groups from under 13 to under 19, the Junior Tour of Southland gets underway with an individual time trial at Teretonga Park.
Western Australia cyclists for Junior Tour of Southland.
Six Perth-based cyclists will compete in this year's Junior Tour of Southland.
Snow being cleared at Rugby Park
Invercargill groundsman Russell Thomas and community service workers clear snow from Rugby Park ahead of the Ranfurly Shield challenge from Auckland.
Evandale snow damage
Snow caused $100,000 worth of damage to the Evandale Plant Production on the outskirts of Invercargill over the weekend.
Nicola Reid: Running for Charity
Southland hockey rep Nicola Reid will run two legs of the 7in7 Challenge to help raise funds for the Leukaemia and Blood Foundation.
Commonwealth Games shooter Allan Sinclair
Nightcaps shooter Allan Sinclair talks about his hopes for the Commonwealth Games in Delhi.
Nicola Reid running for charity
Southland hockey representative Nicola Reid will be doing two of the 7in7 runs later this year to help raise funds for the Leukaemia and Blood Foundation.
Abandoned puppies
Six puppies at the Invercargill SPCA after they were found dumped in a sack under a bridge.
Waikiwi Tavern burglary
A burglary in progress at the Waikiwi Tavern in Invercargill on Friday, September 3, 2010. Do you recognise the person in the video? Email news@stl.co.nz.
Invercargill weightlifter Marion Troon
World masters record holder Marion Troon completes one of her final training sessions before heading to the world masters championships in Poland.
Neurosurgery panel meeting
Hundreds of Southlanders turned out for a meeting with the South Island neurosurgery panel in Invercargill.
Neurosurgery panel
Neurosurgery panel members Anne Kolbe and Glenn McCulloch speak to the more than 1000 Southlanders who attended a protest meeting in Invercargill.
New Highlanders coaches
New Highlanders head coach Jamie Joseph with his 2011 assistant Simon Culhane at Rugby Park.
Girls football tournament
Southland Girls' High School take on Geraldine in a girls tournament week football game at Sandy Point.
Fight for Kidz 2010
A 2300-strong crowd gathered at Stadium Southland for the 2010 Fight for Kidz boxing fundraiser with Jeremy Winders and Brendan Laney contesting the feature bout.
Gore High v St Andrews College
The Gore High first 15 takes on St Bedes in the South Island co-ed schools final at Gore. Unfortunately the Christchurch school game away with a 37-17 win.
Highlanders first 15 final
Defending champions Southland Boys' High School win their second straight Highlanders first 15 title with a 50-14 win over Otago Boys' High School at Invercargill's Rugby Park on Saturday, August 21, 2010.
Bulling arrives home from world champs
Southland track cyclist Pieter Bulling returns to Invercargill after three top 10 finishes at the world junior championships in Italy.
Southland Boys' High School first 15 v Kings High
Southland Boys' High School turned in a top performance against Kings High School on Saturday beating the Dunedin team 52-3.
St Marys v Collegiate
St Marys A beat Collegiate 35-17 to take out the 2010 Invercargill Netball Centre final for the fouth time in a row.
Margaret Barnes' message to Corey Flynn
Staunch rugby fan Margaret Barnes, 98, has a special message for ex-Southland All Black Corey Flynn.
Coal quality
Wayne Wilson, or Mr Sooty as he is known in the business, is not impressed with the quality of coal since the end of the Ohai product.
Stags preparing to take on Counties
Southland rugby players Robbie Robinson and Jamie Mackintosh encouraging the fans to get down to watch them defend the Ranfurly Shield against Counties Manukau.
ICC Civic Awards
Four recipients of the Invercargill City Council civic awards, Marlene Campbell, Fiona Forrest, John Coker and Ted Maloney, tell Southland Times reporter Cassandra Pokoney what their awards mean to them.
Margaret Barnes
98-year-old Stags fan Margaret Barnes on her day at the rugby after the Stags v Otago Ranfurly Shield match.
Ranfurly Shield: Southland v Otago
Provincial rugby's highly anticipated southern derby, Southland v Otago, delivered plenty of action and excitement for the fans. The Southland Stags won 16-12.
Neurosurgery Petition
Southern rugby fans added thousands more signatures to the petition to keep neurosurgery in the south as they streamed into Rugby Park Stadium for the Southland v Otago Ranfurly Shield challenge
Ranfurly Shield march
Dedicated Stags fans gathered at Wachner Place to carry the Ranfurly Shield to Rugby Park for the Stags game against Otago.
Polyfest 2010: Day 1
More than 2500 performers are expected to take part in the two-day Polyfest 2010 festival at Stadium Southland.
Polyfest 2010: Day 2
Thousands of Southland school students took part in Polyfest in Invercargill this week. Pupils from Bluff School are shown here giving a stirring performance and Limehills School pupils also had a few words of praise for the event.
Les Miserables
Talented Southland entertainer Peter Cairns plays Jean Valjean in the Gore Operatic Society's production of Les Miserables.
HMNZS Otago parade
Invercargill Mayor Tim Shadbolt and lieutenant commander Simon Rooke of HMNZS Otago inspect the crew at the ship's charter parade.
Accent: Bronwyn Fox
Invercargill woman Bronwyn Fox believes she has foreign accent syndrome – a rare condition believed to be caused by damage to the part of the brain that controls speech.
150th Celebration Ball
The sesquicentennial of the 4th Otago Southland Battalion Group was clebrated with a military ball at Invercargill's Ascot Hotel on July 16.
Mid-winter Swim
Hardy Southlanders took to Oreti Beach, Invercargill, for the annual mid-winter swim on June 20, 2010
Harrex Corporate Pursuit
The Southland Times team in action at the Harrex Corporate Pursuit time-trial
Not quite Swan Lake
Ex-Southland Boys' High student and Royal NZ Ballet dancer Shannon Dawson put the SBHS first XV through their paces on Friday in a cross-training session aimed at improving flexibility and strength
Invergiggle
Invercargill or Invergiggle? Mark Blumsky reckons we should embrace the giggle and market ourselves as NZ's child-friendliest city.
Henry and Mildred: A love story
A film about a reptilian romance has proven a winner. Love in Cold Blood won Best NZ Film and Best NZ Emerging Talent for Dunedin-based directors Jane Adcroft and Carla Braun-Elwert at the Reel Earth Environmental Film Festival.
James Hargest College Big Brother
Almost 100 James Hargest College students surrendered modern technology in a bid to raise $20,000 for World Vision.
Teen survives shark attack
A Southland teenager has escaped with minor injuries after a close encounter with a shark at a Southland beach.
1984 floods: Invercargill
This footage extracted by Jim Ryan from VHS video he shot during the floods
Stags ticker-tape parade
Thousands of Southlanders turned out for a ticker-tape parade in honour of the Stags and their Ranfurly Shield win.
Southern rugby fans out in force
A huge crowd was at Invercargill Airport to welcome home the Stags after their Ranfurly Shield win.
Southland Stags bring home the Shield
Thousands of fans turned out at Invercargill Airport to welcome home the Stags.
Armed robbery in Invercargill
Supplied video security photo from the Pomona St Discount store robbery. The person in the photo used a knife to threaten an 18-year-old woman and rob the store on Saturday afternoon.
Moving House
This former Presbyterian manse is the largest house to be shifted in Southland. It was moved from the corner of Windsor and George streets to its new home in Oreti Rd at Otatara.
Southland earthquake - Arrowtown
The Southland earthquake as seen through CCTV footage in Arrowtown.
Quake Shakes Southland
The shaking continues in Southland after the biggest earthquake New Zealand has had in decades.
Stadium beams 4cm short - rebuild delayed a month
Boy's eye injured in water fight
Climber falls to his death in Fiordland
Contractors urged to admit damage
Stadium beams 4cm short - rebuild delayed a month
Proposed rates rise cut to 4.71pc
Driver: I was far drunker than that
No fuss in Qtown over monorail