Southland

Try and try again proved to be a winning formula for a 26-year-old Waikato-Bay of Plenty sheep and beef farmer who won the 57th Young Farmer of the Year title on Saturday evening in Invercargill.

Invercargill City Council chief executive Michael Day has given a shoutout to his staff for keeping consultant fees down.

The final race meeting of the season for the 2024/2025 season in the Southern Harness region takes place at Central Southland Raceway in Winton next Thursday.

The Speedway fraternity celebrated their big night last Saturday in Auckland with the New Zealand Speedway Awards, held to acknowledge the standout performers from throughout the season.

The 2025 SBS Bank Southland Stags team chose to kick off the NPC (National Provincial Championship) season with rounds of mini golf and games of laser tag at Jump ‘n’ Fun in Invercargill on Monday.

Lachie Jones’ father says having a pair of North Island detectives leading the new police inquiry into his son’s death is "a step in the right direction".

A new candidate for the mayoral position in Gore says nothing is off the table when it comes to saving the ratepayer money.

A scene from the Gore Truck Show in the 1980s.

Good news for Gore with the government ending the large-scale conversion of productive farmland into carbon-only forestry.