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SouthlandOctober 7

Slink skin operator takes on council in Environment Court over resource consent

Polarising Southland Slink skin operator Eddie Zhi appeared in the Environment Court in Invercargill Court yesterday, fighting to revoke the council’s decision to take away his resource consent.
Tayler Mutton
    Slink skin operator takes on council in Environment Court over resource consent
    Slink skin operator takes on council in Environment Court over resource consent
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    SouthlandOctober 7

    Race season to start at Teretonga

    The first motor race meeting of the 2026/27 season at Teretonga Park in Invercargill takes place over the weekend of 17/18 of October.
    Lindsay Beer
    Race season to start at Teretonga
    Race season to start at Teretonga
    SouthlandOctober 7

    Finding joy in chaos

    New work by Port Chalmers-based artist Eliza Glyn, who studied in England and the United States before settling in New Zealand in 2008,  will be on show at Gore’s Eastern Southland Gallery until November 15.
    Finding joy in chaos
    Finding joy in chaos
    SouthlandOctober 7

    Following the family path to the top

    Rising rugby league star Boston Haenga, 14, is determined injury will not stop him being the next member of his extended family to play the game professionally.
    Gemma Sinclair
    Following the family path to the top
    Following the family path to the top
    SouthlandOctober 7

    Patching together a winning outcome

    For Gemma Coulman, 18, a knockback with her entry in the Hokonui Fashion Design Awards earlier this year has turned to gold, in the form of high honours from Otago Polytechnic.
    Gemma Sinclair
    Patching together a winning outcome
    Patching together a winning outcome
    SouthlandOctober 7

    Three generations bound by musical theatre

    Musical theatre is in the blood of one Gore family.
    Gemma Sinclair
    Three generations bound by musical theatre
    Three generations bound by musical theatre
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    SouthlandOctober 7

    ‘Not on the same page’: documents show council in disarray

    Newly released emails show the Gore District Council in disarray behind the scenes during the Head Start proposal, including Councillors left off a key email chain, bickering, and a drafted email to a Minister held back at the last minute.
    Gerrit Doppenberg
    ‘Not on the same page’: documents show council in disarray
    ‘Not on the same page’: documents show council in disarray
    SouthlandOctober 7

    Minor allegedly attacked and indecently assaulted by youths in Invercargill park

    A minor was allegedly indecently assaulted and robbed in a ‘serious assault’ in the same Invercargill park that was the scene of dating app attacks earlier this year.
    Minor allegedly attacked and indecently assaulted by youths in Invercargill park
    Minor allegedly attacked and indecently assaulted by youths in Invercargill park
    SouthlandOctober 6

    ‘Killed my will to live’ — victim hits back as tormentor jailed for nearly five years

    A woman who was subject to a Southland man’s terrifying five-year campaign of domestic violence says the ordeal “shattered my soul”
    Rob Kidd
    ‘Killed my will to live’ — victim hits back as tormentor jailed for nearly five years
    ‘Killed my will to live’ — victim hits back as tormentor jailed for nearly five years
    SouthlandOctober 6

    Didymo found in remote Fiordland river

    Didymo has been found in a previously pristine Fiordland river.
    Didymo found in remote Fiordland river
    Didymo found in remote Fiordland river
    SouthlandOctober 6

    'Decades behind': wilding conifer concerns aired

    Environment Southland has sharpened its feedback for a national wilding conifer strategy after several councillors aired concerns at a meeting.
    Matthew Rosenberg
    'Decades behind': wilding conifer concerns aired
    'Decades behind': wilding conifer concerns aired
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    SouthlandOctober 5

    Resident ‘doesn’t feel safe’ as nearby trees hit power lines

    A Greenhills resident is living in fear after trees near his property hit powerlines, causing them to arc and smoke.
    Tayler Mutton
    Resident ‘doesn’t feel safe’ as nearby trees hit power lines
    Resident ‘doesn’t feel safe’ as nearby trees hit power lines
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    SouthlandOctober 5

    Medical staff are so fed up with system they are quitting — health CEO

    Health professionals are so fed-up working in a broken system they are quitting, the chief executive of a Southern health group says.
    Gerrit Doppenberg
    Medical staff are so fed up with system they are quitting — health CEO
    Medical staff are so fed up with system they are quitting — health CEO