Covid-19: Superheroes deliver shots
1:53 PM From caped vaccinators to a mock protest, Southlandlers went all out to encourage whānau to grab their Covid-19 jabs on Saturday.
Saleyards demise a boost for community organisations
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A century-old Southland saleyards company will temporarily come out of liquidation so community organisations can receive a small funding boost.
Decision time nears for racing club
Southland Racing Club officials are to decide on October 30 on whether its big social event for the public, Christmas at the Races, will go ahead.
Helicopter trust disappointed by councils' stance
“The penny doesn’t seem to have dropped that they’ve had thousands of people who might have rolled their tractor or been crook and needed the chopper.”
Medical centre manager concerned about low rural vaccine uptake
As vaccine data rolls in for the backblocks of rural Southland, Tūātapere Medical Centre practice manager Jo Sanford says she feels concerned about low uptake.
In-home care and digital disadvantage biggest worries for Southland seniors
Southland seniors tell Grey Power NZ boss that they are facing either large delays or reductions to their in-home care treatment.
Hello 2072...Time capsule included in major development
A time capsule will be built into Invercargill's muilti-million city block development with a plaque to provide instructions for it to be opened in 2072; 50 years after the development is opened in 2022.
Southland pharmacies ready for national vaccination day
Southland pharmacies and medical centres predict hundreds of people may turn up for the national Covid-19 vaccination day on Saturday.
Woman killed by husband 'should have been safe'.
A judge says a Balclutha woman should have been safe with her husband, instead he has been sentenced to more than four years’ jail for killing her.
Southerner becomes police union VP
Invercargill police prosecutor Grant Gerken is now a police union vice-president.
Supply shortage slows e-bike uptake
Demand for e-bikes in Southland is increasing, but Covid-19 induced global supply chain issues has meant local stores are struggling to get in stock.
City woman receives international award
Invercargill’s Trish Boyle has received Rotary International’s highest honour, the Service Above Self Award.
Who milks the cows if a farmer gets Covid-19?
Farmers are being told by Government officials that if they get Covid-19 they’ll have to rely on their neighbours to care for their stock while they’re sick – advice that one farmer is calling ‘’ridiculous”.
Icecreams, meat and free waxings - how the south does Super Saturday
Get the jab, get the treats (or at least an icecream) in Dunedin as the nation's vaccine drive heads to the far south.
Actor and winemaker Sam Neill selling his Gibbston vineyard
Neighbours of the sought-after Queenstown site include Sir John Key and cricketer Brendan McCullum.
Covid-19: Superheroes deliver shots
From caped vaccinators to a mock protest, Southlandlers went all out to encourage whānau to grab their Covid-19 jabs on Saturday.
Supply shortage slows e-bike uptake
Demand for e-bikes in Southland is increasing, but Covid-19 induced global supply chain issues has meant local stores are struggling to get in stock.
Super Saturday shaping up in Southland
From pharmacies and general practices to businesses, sports stars and musicians: Southlanders are gearing up for Super Saturday.
Accounting firm ordered to pay $40k
An Invercargill company unjustifiably sacked a senior accountant the day before the March 2020 lockdown and has been ordered to pay $40,000.
Southland events fund exhausted
A Government-established fund to help Southland with its tourism has been exhausted, however there are still two more rounds left for Fiordland.
Jocelyn O'Donnell: Grasping every opportunity for Southland's growth
Jocelyn O’Donnell is always looking for new opportunities to expand her home-region of Southland.
Confront dangerous rule-breakers must face consequences
OPINION: Gently does it? Not always, regrettably.
South wrestles with ill-fitting Govt policies and bureaucratic brick walls
OPINION: The Jim Faherty saga is typical of so much that is wrongl
Schools still left with so many questions
OPINION: Will schools be ready to reopen - or reopening, ready or not?
The finest food? Southlanders, it has us surrounded,
A stellar chef wants a word with his home province.
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.
