From water buckets to hoses
3:51 PM Two veteran firefighters, with a combined service of more 100 years in northern Southland, remember when they started with the bucket brigade in the 1960s.
Aquaculture Group welcomes call for seaweed body
3:23 PM The Southland Aquaculture Working Group has welcomed calls for a national seaweed sector group and governance framework to claim a share of the US$14 billion industry.
Neighbours awarded $27k in costs
3:08 PM Three Wānaka ratepayers will split $27,007.27 in costs, in a dispute over an unfinished mansion.
Work starts on Gore's new $5m Brethren school
Earthworks have begun on the site of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church's new school in Gore.
Inviting Kiwis to 'almost spiritual' Fiordland
As DOC data shows a 73 per cent drop in visitors to Milford Sound, Great South is looking at the area permanently staying in daylight savings hours and using Stewart Island for ideas to market Fiordland to domestic travellers.
How Covid-19 paved the way for online eating disorder services
2:43 PM Covid-19 has prompted one Kiwi to launch an online support service to help people with eating disorders, which has now engaged with more than 300 patients.
$10m tug boat arrives at South Port
South Port’s purchase of a tug boat costing almost $10 million has arrived from Vietnam on Friday evening after a long journey.
Aquaculture Group welcomes call for seaweed body
The Southland Aquaculture Working Group has welcomed calls for a national seaweed sector group and governance framework to claim a share of the US$14 billion industry.
Aquaculture Group welcomes call for seaweed body
The Southland Aquaculture Working Group has welcomed calls for a national seaweed sector group and governance framework to claim a share of the US$14 billion industry.
Neighbours awarded $27k in costs
Three Wānaka ratepayers will split $27,007.27 in costs, in a dispute over an unfinished mansion.
Seaside restaurant dream made
A dream has become a reality for new Riverton restaurant owners Tracy Miller and Scott Wysockj, despite some challenges along the way.
Southern-most Starbucks moves location
The World’s southern-most Starbucks has moved from Esk St to Wachner Place in Invercargill due to the Invercargill City Council’s City Streets Upgrade project.
Tenor horn player in national spotlight
An Invercargill student says motivation and a lot of practise helped her achieve selection into both the New Zealand youth and secondary schools’ brass bands.
Plotting our course through the strong winds of change
OPINION: An arms-length view of the three waters reforms, and a reminder of paddock-selection help for farmers.
Afghanistan deminers have a claim on our conscience
OPINION: We contracted women for dangerous work but that was good. If we abandon them to an endangered future, that would be bad.
Immigration delays huge challenge in Southland
OPINION: National we would instruct Immigration NZ to clear the backlog of residency applications and give other skilled migrant workers a clearer path to residency.
Invercargill student band set to release first album
An Invercargill band, made up of high school students, is set to release their first album this year, with a few setbacks from Covid-19 lockdown.
The play that doesn't want to be produced away from home
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Can a play be cursed? The production of Agatha Christie’s The Moustrap by the Invercargill Repertory Society may just be.
Lockdown - back into old habits, are we?
Remember what we got up to last time. The good old days formerly known as ''these trying times''.
Polyfest in question amid lockdown
Organisers of the Murihiku Polyfest are unsure if the cultural event, which involves hundreds of students from throughout the region, will be able to kick off on Monday.
The show must go on after Invercargill Repertory Society cast member injured
The Invercargill Repertory Society's production of The Mousetrap has been delayed after one of the lead members of the cast ruptured his achilles tendon.