Southland

Museum development collaboration set

The Invercargill City Council and Waihōpai Rūnaka have formalised an agreement to collaborate on developing Te Unua Museum of Southland.

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Woodlands turn on the teamwork to beat Baabaas 45-6

Ben Fotheringham. PHOTO: DEBBIE FAHEY PHOTOGRAPHY

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Woodlands turn on the teamwork to beat Baabaas 45-6

Round six of the Southland premier club competition was played midweek due to duck-shooting taking priority on Saturday.

Fiordland viewing platform where girl died being rebuilt

The spot where Tegan Chen slipped into Marian Creek in Fiordland National Park is not fenced off....

Fiordland viewing platform where girl died being rebuilt

A viewing platform above Fiordland falls where a young girl died last year is being rebuilt.

Death at Te Anau waste station

Death at Te Anau waste station

One person has died following a workplace incident at a State Highway 95 premises yesterday afternoon.

Oyster festival sells out; same format in 2025

Oyster festival sells out; same format in 2025

Competitors shuck oysters blindfolded during a Bluff Oyster & Food Festival.

Legal review delaying Lake2Lake

Legal review delaying Lake2Lake

It may be some time before any work is done on the extension to the Lake2Lake trail in Southland.

Investiture

Investiture

Peter Swain, of Invercargill, awarded a King's Service Medal for services to the community, poses with Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro during a ceremony in Wellington yesterday.

One dead after Te Anau workplace incident

Police reviewed more than 6000 records. Photo: RNZ

One dead after Te Anau workplace incident

A person has died following a workplace incident near Te Anau this afternoon.

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Aiden ‘wouldn’t be here’ without trust

Aiden Cottrell at Starship Hospital during his recovery from a massive heart attack. Aiding Aiden...

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Aiden ‘wouldn’t be here’ without trust

Southland teenager Aiden Cottrell was left "clinically dead" after collapsing in the home straight of a school running race.

‘Rules are rules’: no compromise on speed limits

‘Rules are rules’: no compromise on speed limits

Southland district councillors expressed their frustration and resentfully agreed to an NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) directive to change speed limits - again.

Calls to retain disability transport funding

There has been a "measurable drop" in disability parking abuse since higher fines were introduced...

Calls to retain disability transport funding

Disability groups are pushing for retention of Total Mobility funding amid potential trimming of the service in Invercargill.

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Use of physician associates defended

Gore Health chief executive Karl Metzler. PHOTO LINDA ROBERTSON/ ODT

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Use of physician associates defended

Physician associates are here to stay, here to help and it is time to focus less on throwing mud and more on helping patients, Gore Health chief executive Karl Metzler says.

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Mayor ‘disappointed’ after rates campaign

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Mayor ‘disappointed’ after rates campaign

Invercargill's mayor is a "little bit disappointed" he didn't get support from the community after going against his council and conducting a campaign to secure a rates increase of only 3.9%.

Council mum over building sale decision

The old rugby club building at Ohai may be sold for $1. PHOTO: TE ORUANUI MARAE

Council mum over building sale decision

An old rugby club building in rural Southland could soon be sold for just $1.

Southland building could be sold for $1

The former rugby club building in Ohai, rural Southland, could be sold for $1. Photo: Tim...

Southland building could be sold for $1

An old rugby club building in rural Southland could soon be sold for just $1.

Censured Southland health practitioner 'fuelled by moral outrage'

An award-winning Southland health practitioner fined and censured for his repeated wrongdoings continues to lack empathy for his patients, a tribunal has been told.