Allison Rudd

The Southland District Council has signed off its biggest structural change since it was established 23 years ago.

The New Zealand Historic Places Trust wants to protect an almost forgotten piece of New Zealand's marine history.

They are about to board a yacht and travel 465km south into the notoriously rough waters of the Southern Ocean, but two Dunedin men say they are ready for the challenge.

It has been a long time coming, but champion Invercargill powerlifter Sonia Manaena finally has her gold medals.

A casual conversation has led to a formal research and funding agreement between Victoria University and the Tuatapere Hump Ridge Track board.

The musical director of a charity concert in Invercargill yesterday has described the response from audience and musicians as "excellent".

Southland's enterprise and tourism organisation, Venture Southland, is to investigate the present economic benefits and future possibilities from the region's burgeoning cruise ship industry.

A department of Conservation manager believes a plan to poison black-backed gulls nesting near Te Anau Airport will pose little threat to other bird species.

The installation of ultrafast broadband (UFB) at Northern Southland College at Lumsden has finally given pupils and teachers appropriate distance learning technology, Deputy Prime Minister Bill English says.

Retired Catholic Bishop of Dunedin Len Boyle is growing fonder of his biography, published earlier this year.