Monday 18th June, 2018

Funding awarded to Emergency Management Southland will help to connect communities throughout the country for better preparedness in the case of civil defence emergencies.

The Ministry of Civil Defence announced yesterday it would allocate $20,000 to the organisation to begin a nation-wide community resilience project.


Friday 15th June, 2018

A Southern Institute of Technology student is dedicating his studies to helping homeless people throughout New Zealand.

Fashion Design student Simon Edwards is on a mission to give some comfort and safety to those living on the streets.


Wednesday 13th June, 2018

Southland school pupils are turning back the clock to revisit some crucial moments in New Zealand's history.

Invercargill's Tisbury School will host their sci-fi stage performance, Sweet As, tomorrow night and are promising a show which will live up to its name.


Wednesday 13th June, 2018

A bid for Stewart Island to gain official status as a Dark Sky Sanctuary still has some "significant formal steps" to take, but the island's community has stepped up to get the ball rolling.

The island's lighting plan must be officially changed in order to gain sanctuary status, and Rakiura residents are championing the change.


Tuesday 12th June, 2018

The abundance of cars at Invercargill’s Bill Richardson Transport World have been cleared from the floor to make way for a different kind of display.

The FibreOctave Wearable Arts and Musical Extravaganza will be held at the venue this week, and preparations are well under way.


Tuesday 12th June, 2018

Pupils from Invercargill’s Verdon College will be dominating the stage at the Smokefree Rockquest Southland finals this week.

A push from the school’s music department has seen more pupils than ever step forward for the competition.


Thursday 07th June, 2018

A Southland author has been shortlisted for the 2018 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.

Pauline Smith released her debut novel, Dawn Raid, in March, and said the nomination for the prestigious award was a big surprise.


Wednesday 06th June, 2018

Southland school teachers have gathered in Invercargill to discuss upcoming negotiations with the government about the Secondary Schools Collective Agreement.

Over 400 teachers attended the Post-Primary Teachers Association meeting to voice their opinions on what needs to change.


Wednesday 06th June, 2018

Fire crews have contained a blaze which swept through an Invercargill house and left a teenage boy hospitalised this afternoon.

Fire services were called just after two o'clock to the home in Centre St near Glen-almond Crescent.


Friday 01st June, 2018

A former Stewart Island oyster farmer has hit out at the Ministry for Primary Industries after his first compensation offer came back at just a fraction of his original claim.

Bluff man Rodney Clark had millions of oysters removed from Big Glory Bay after the outbreak of the deadly parasite, Bonamia ostreae, and says the ministry's compensation offer is a rip-off.