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    Farmer repeatedly punched man in head

    Tempers exploded as a three-year feud between a Heriot farm owner and a contractor ended with one man being punched repeatedly in the head.

    Back in full swing for Play Week celebrations

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    Back in full swing for Play Week celebrations

    Invercargill residents will have more opportunity to get into the swing of things when they are walking though the city’s parks and reserves.

    Food rescue charity helps local communities thrive

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    Food rescue charity helps local communities thrive

    Kiwiharvest food rescue efforts are changing the lives of vulnerable communities in the Deep South.

    Students leave a native legacy at Bushy Point

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    Students leave a native legacy at Bushy Point

    For the past 25 years, volunteers have been quietly toiling away in Otatara’s back-blocks, planting trees — 37,000 of them over 21,000 hours.

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    Niueans keep language, culture ‘alive’

    A Southland mother is not letting the lack of Niueans in the Deep South keep her from celebrating Faahi Tapu he Vagahau Niue (Niue Language Week).

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    The chance to become an engineer has become a reality for an Invercargill secondary school student.

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    "Never in my wildest dreams" did Windsor Community Church senior minister Peter Dunn think he would become the elected spiritual leader of one of the country’s mainline churches.

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    Day of destruction

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    Simmonds accused of ‘favouritism’ towards SIT

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    Simmonds accused of ‘favouritism’ towards SIT

    Vocational Education Minister Penny Simmonds has come under fire for "favouritism" towards Invercargill’s Southern Institute of Technology.

    Weather closes Milford Road; more disruption expected

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    Weather closes Milford Road; more disruption expected

    The road to Milford Sound will be closed today, with a warning intense weather will heighten snow and avalanche hazards until next week.

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    Rugby camps light ‘a bit of a fire’ for teen

    Northern Southland teenager Grace Duthie has got her groove back.

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    Rain fails to dampen spirits

    A spate of wet weather will not stop an avid Southland lawn bowls team from competing in a national championship this weekend.

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    Cross-cultural, cross-culinary

    At her Zimbabwean cuisine stall, Doreen Makoni passes a plate to Tabitha Yan, at the Gore District Council's Hokonui Culture Feast last Friday, October 17, Gore.

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    Water tower demolition in plans

    The Hilbre Avenue water tower demolition is still on the cards, with plenty of work to be done for the Gore District Council in the new financial year.

    School intervention over

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    School intervention over

    St Peter’s College is looking towards a brighter future, after the Ministry of Education officially ended the school’s statutory invervention last week.

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    Looking back

    A devastating fire in March 1918 marked the end of flour production at Gore’s landmark Creamoata mill.

    Casting lines, forging memories on Mataura River

    Casting lines, forging memories on Mataura River

    There’s something special about standing on the banks of the Mataura River with a fishing rod in hand and your rangatahi, tamariki or mokopuna by your side.
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