Laura Smith

A decision between Southland disAbility Enterprises and WasteNet has been made: SdE will keep the recycling contract for a further year.

Environment Southland councillors will soon vote on whether to declare a climate emergency.

Winton Kindergarten's nature-based approach to learning has earned it a spot in the finals of the 2019 Prime Minister's Education Excellence Awards.

Sparkly swimsuits and choreographed routines entertained an audience of family and friends at the South Island Artistic Swimming Championships, held on Saturday in Invercargill.

Slippery, soggy and somewhat damp - these are all examples of how you could describe yesterday's rubbish cleanup event along the banks of the Waihopai River in Invercargill.

An Environment Court hearing looking into water quality continued yesterday in Invercargill as appeals on the proposed Southland water and land plan progressed.

Environment Southland councillors have had an update on recommendations for navigational safety in Fiordland,

A bite of something different is headed to Riverton.

Controversy around the future of the WasteNet contract continued yesterday as the parties involved bit back at allegations following the release of more information.

An Invercagill City councillor says she is going to resign as divisions rage over a controversial waste management contract.

A Christchurch parish is in mourning after learning two of its members are believed to have been involved in a fatal boating accident in Southland.

Invercargill Mayor Sir Tim Shadbolt last night used his casting vote twice to reject a proposal that the WasteNet contract should be taken from Southland disAbility Enterprises (SdE).

It comes as no surprise to some that the organisers of the Steam­punk NZ Festival 2019 put in place a weapons policy.

Pupils from around Southland were invited to test their chess abilities at the Invercargill junior and intermediate-senior regionals this week.

What's the buzz around town?

Electric scooters are one step closer to Invercargill streets.

Irish Ambassador to New Zealand Peter Ryan (left) meets Invercargill Mayor Sir Tim Shadbolt in Invercargill yesterday during Mr Ryan's tour down South.

A number of containers at South Port in Bluff  were blown off a stack, some falling into the container yard and berth yesterday.