Allison Rudd

Home detention after fatal hunting accident

The Southland hunter who shot a fellow deerstalker after mistaking him for a deer earlier this year has been sentenced to seven months home detention, 400 hours of community service and ordered to pay $10,000 to his victim's partner.

Legal high shop in arson attack

Warren Skill, owner of the Impuls'd legal highs shop in South Invercargill, surveys the damage...

Legal high shop in arson attack

The owner of a South Invercargill legal high shop attacked by arsonists early yesterday says he had no doubt he has been targeted by people who want to put him out of business.

Apology for cat remarks

The Invercargill City Council boss whose comments about cat traps raised the hackles of cat lovers around the world has apologised.

Sports facilities: Hope over stadium's future

Sports facilities: Hope over stadium's future

The chairman of the trust which runs Invercargill's debt-laden Rugby Park stadium hopes a solution to its ownership and management problems has been found.

19,000 catcalls censure CEO

More than 19,000 outraged cat lovers have called on Invercargill City Council chief executive Richard King to apologise for and retract his comments about cat-trapping.

Investment over decade shows merit of ewe's milk

Infant milk formula developed, manufactured and canned in Invercargill.

Investment over decade shows merit of ewe's milk

A decade ago, Southland businessman Keith Neylon did not know the first thing about sheep's milk.

Council seeks to avert road funding reduction

The Southland District Council has suggested an alternative method of government funding for roading projects, saying options already proposed could result in an annual funding drop of more than $1 million.

Council bid to increase whitebait numbers

When Environment Southland surveyed local whitebaiters last year, the main thing respondents wanted was more whitebait.

$100k prize on offer for public sculpture

Johnny Penisula and Robyn Hickman study the map showing the South Invercargill location for the...

$100k prize on offer for public sculpture

The organisers of a competition to produce a significant contemporary public sculpture for South Invercargill are expecting the $100,000 prize will attract national and international entries.

Easy Rider verdict 'not fair'

Easy Rider verdict 'not fair'

A woman who lost four family members when Easy Rider sank in Foveaux Strait two years ago is distressed by a guilty verdict handed down yesterday against the widow of the skipper.

Petition goes too

Former Southland district mayor Frana Cardno is taking extra luggage with her when she visits Wellington today to be officially invested as a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit.

Stolen playground horse reward raised to $2000

Darryl Hair is serious about tracking down a large steel playground rocking horse stolen two weeks ago from the Invercargill engineering firm he manages.

Unformed road sales considered

Unformed road sales considered

The Southland District Council might ask the Government to change the legislation to make it easier to sell unformed roads it no longer needs.

Legal-high policy 'lesser of two evils'

Legal-high policy 'lesser of two evils'

Southland district councillors and staff say angry rural Southland residents who think the council is enabling herbal highs to be sold in their towns have got it wrong.

Pilgrimage marks Marsden sermon

Anglican bishop Kelvin Wright will not be just walking when he makes a 27-day pilgrimage around his huge Dunedin diocese this month to commemorate the bicentenary of the first Christian sermon preached in New Zealand.

Chance reunites friends 70 years on

Former Kingsland Biscuit Factory workers Meryle (Gloria) Colvin (left) and Glad Munro reminisce...

Chance reunites friends 70 years on

When teenagers Meryle Ball and Glad Toole met at Invercargill's Kingsland Biscuit Factory in 1940, they instantly became the best of friends.

Paper road issue may go to court

Paper road issue may go to court

The promoter of a new highway linking the Milford road with the West Coast says he will go to court if he must to get a section of road reserve through the Fiordland National Park reinstated on council maps.

Fox Moth to make historic Invercargill to Gore voyage

The Fox Moth owned by Colin and Maeva Smith and based at the Mandeville airfield which tomorrow...

Fox Moth to make historic Invercargill to Gore voyage

Aviation enthusiasts from all over the country are planning to recreate a historic Southland flight tomorrow.

Phoenix rises in Invercargill

Exterior view of ILT Stadium Southland. Photos by Allison Rudd.

Phoenix rises in Invercargill

On a Saturday morning three and a-half years ago, the weight of an unexpected spring snowfall was enough to collapse the roof on Invercargill's stadium. Fortunately, the 25 or so people inside the building escaped without injury, but the community was left with a massive pile of rubble and an unusable venue. Now - 40 months and $44 million later - a new stadium has emerged from the ruins. Allison Rudd toured the new facility on Wednesday.

Trawler recovered

The commercial fishing trawler Ayson (centre right), which sank off Stirling Point near Bluff last Friday, is transported by truck past a log-loading area on Bluff's Island Harbour Port yesterday.

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