AB Lime to put its case at hearing
AB Lime to put its case at hearing
Southland's key landfill will make its case next week at a hearing focused on wanting to remove a cap on how much waste it can take.
Laura Smith
Hospital consents on Blair’s birthday
Hospital consents on Blair’s birthday
Blair Vining would have been 41 yesterday. Instead of celebrating with him in person, his wife and children visited his grave to show him the newly granted building consents for the Southland Charity Hospital.
Up, up and away ...
Up, up and away ...
It was with a whoosh of flame into a balloon above that pupils at a rural school were able to view the frosty Southland landscape below them.
Young people brought together by sport
Young people brought together by sport
Southern youths enrolled in alternative education got together yesterday for a day of sports.
Predator free talks by wildlife biologist
Predator free talks by wildlife biologist
Predator control effectiveness, and how to achieve it, will be the topic of an upcoming public talk.
Constable back home after burns treatment
Constable back home after burns treatment
Moisturiser and sunscreen are Te Anau police constable Kris Dale’s best friends as he recovers from severe burns.
Eels relocated in 30-year pond clean-up
Eels relocated in 30-year pond clean-up
An Invercargill park’s duck pond has been cleaned for the first time in three decades.
Air traffic services retained for safety
Air traffic services retained for safety
Milford Sound’s air traffic services are set to stay after it was deemed its current level of service was needed for it to safely operate.
Winton Rotary Club prepares track to Makarewa Falls
Winton Rotary Club prepares track to Makarewa Falls
Winton Rotary volunteers put in hundreds of hours to get the track to Makarewa Falls marked and ready for the public.
Plenty of spilt milk after tanker crashes
Plenty of spilt milk after tanker crashes
A mixture of milk and mud covered a rural Southland road yesterday afternoon after a milk tanker crashed.
Milk tanker blocks road after crash
Milk tanker blocks road after crash
A mixture of milk and mud covered a rural Southland road this afternoon when a milk tanker crashed.
Meeting discusses Alpine Fault report
Meeting discusses Alpine Fault report
It was a meeting of mayors in Invercargill yesterday.
One seriously hurt in crash between ute and truck in Southland
One seriously hurt in crash between ute and truck in Southland
A person in a serious condition was flown by helicopter to Dunedin Hospital after a crash in Southland today.
Thousands raised in charity tractor trek
Thousands raised in charity tractor trek
A group of Southland men keen on giving back to their community have completed a trek from Invercargill to Christchurch and back in two days - in a tractor.
Feedback sought on significant rates rise
Feedback sought on significant rates rise
Southland residents will now have their say on proposed rates increases.
‘Madness’ to stop coastal waste move
‘Madness’ to stop coastal waste move
It would be "madness" if a Southland landfill was stopped from taking rubbish out of a historic dump site where waste was in danger of being washed into the sea, its general manager says.
New digs for men’s group
New digs for men’s group
Members of an Invercargill group offering men a place to talk and relax are making a move to a new, bigger, premises.
Smelter reveals greater volume of spent cell lining in storage
Smelter reveals greater volume of spent cell lining in storage
New Zealand’s Aluminium Smelter has announced it is storing thousands more tonnes of potentially hazardous waste material than it previously advised.
More hazardous waste stored at smelter than reported
More hazardous waste stored at smelter than reported
New Zealand's Aluminium Smelter has today said it is storing thousands more tonnes of potentially hazardous waste material than it previously advised.
20% ES rate rise thought to be record
20% ES rate rise thought to be record
Southland residents could be hit with possibly the steepest rates increase set by the regional council.