A cache of 15 rifles and shotguns stolen from an Invercargill house two weeks ago brings the number of guns taken in Southland last month to 24.
The Riversdale School board of trustees is expected to decide today whether to introduce a mind-focusing programme for pupils which has caused a rift among parents.
The Riversdale School board of trustees has decided to introduce a mind-focusing programme for pupils opposed by some parents.
The efforts of a group of Southland police staff raising money to help Brian ''Blizz'' Cowie, a former colleague accepted into an experimental stroke treatment programme in the United States, have received a significant boost.
Southland police are rallying to help raise $30,000 for a former colleague accepted into an experimental stroke treatment programme in the United States.
Prime Minister John Key has followed through on his promise of a Government contribution of $2 million towards the cost of rebuilding ILT Stadium Southland.
Two Invercargill companies will become the joint owners of an electricity lines company servicing more than than 14,800 electricity consumers in East, Central and South Otago.
Te Tai Tonga MP Rino Tirikatene says it is ''good news'' government department Te Puni Kokiri (TPK) has decided not to close its Invercargill office.
Treasured family photographs were among household possessions lost when a container being used as a storage shed in Bluff was gutted by fire yesterday.
A public meeting in Te Anau has supported a plan to draw more visitors to the area by enhancing experiences for cyclists.
Environment Southland is confident an ''embarrassing'' computer problem which saw information sent to it via its website go missing in the system has been solved.
High wind in Southland yesterday kept emergency services busy as it uprooted trees, lifted roofing iron, cut power and overturned a large trailer.
Environment Southland says the owners of some of the 11 whitebait stands on Southland rivers it believes are there illegally have contacted it, but none of the stands has been removed yet.
Five years ago, the type of manufacturing now being carried out by Invercargill engineering firm SEC Engineering and Design and a handful of other New Zealand engineering companies was not even technically possible.
Southland dairy farmer Stefan Zeestraten should have been accepting an award at the 2014 Southland Environment awards on Thursday recognising the positive environmental practices he promoted on his family's three central Southland farms.
Young mother Emma Petch walks stiff-legged over to the kitchen bench, anchors a coffee jar with her right arm and deftly takes off the lid with her left hand.
This year's Bluff oyster festival is expected to about break even, despite being abandoned because of high winds.
Environment Southland staff are assessing the most cost-effective way to map land planted in winter forage crops using satellite imagery, after a pilot study last year showed the most accurate method was also the most expensive.
When Dale Pfeifer met United States President Barack Obama, the first people she told were her parents back home in Invercargill.
Think Invercargill and beach volleyball does not immediately spring to mind.