Invercargill's chief fire investigator is asking for "vigilance" following multiple suspicious fires in Southland in the past four months — the 28th blaze occurring yesterday morning.
An assessment of the affordability of Southern district rates has highlighted some areas where people are struggling, a Southland District Councillor says.
It has been a "lonely" 16 months since Bridget Speight’s partner was killed in a jet-boating accident on the Hollyford River. She tells ODT reporter Abbey Palmer she wants more awareness concerning the dangers of alcohol consumption when boating, and a culture change.
After losing a Pasifika youth to suicide in Invercargill last year, four local church ministers are on a mission to prevent such a thing happening again.
On the final day of the WasteNet contract, Invercargill City Council (ICC) and Southland DisAbility Enterprises (SdE) have agreed to enter an 18-month contract.
Southland firefighters did a "sterling job" of protecting parts of a Mataura house on the verge of being wiped out, fire investigator Mark Bredenbeck says.