The 70th SBS Bank Tour of Southland rolls out from Gala Street on Sunday with 17 teams and about 100 riders tackling a prologue and eight stages over seven days, nine months after the storm-delayed 69th edition.
South Port New Zealand shareholders meet in Bluff on Wednesday to farewell chair Philip Cory-Wright after 16 years, with Nicola Greer taking over following a record $16.1 million profit and Environment Southland's $30 million sell-down.
Twelve months after a 174km/h gust tore through Southland, Invercargill City Council has removed more than 1000 trees, Queens Park has reopened in stages, and PowerNet has put its repair bill at about $7 million.
Invercargill Mayor Tom Campbell is asking councillors today to join the risk and assurance committee en masse and add a member to the water committee, ahead of a law change that will strip appointed members of their votes.
Invercargill Mayor Tom Campbell is asking councillors today to join the risk and assurance committee en masse and add a member to the water committee, ahead of a law change that will strip appointed members of their votes.
Twelve months after a 174km/h gust tore through Southland, Invercargill City Council has removed more than 1000 trees, Queens Park has reopened in stages, and PowerNet has put its repair bill at about $7 million.
Invercargill's after-hours urgent care clinic has more than doubled its opening hours from 19 October, with weekday opening now from 11.30am, funded through a $164 million Budget 2025 urgent care package.
Fitch Ratings has again rated Invercargill City Council AA+, the seventh year in a row, while noting that debt will rise as the council expands its capital programme and sets up in-house water services.
A vegetation fire that broke out near Mossburn on Sunday afternoon has burned about 80 hectares of grazing land and native bush, with six helicopters working to shield two telecommunications towers before gales grounded them.
Southland District Council is weighing three short-term options to get the closed Curio Bay campground open for summer after the trust that ran the Catlins site walked away from an expired lease.
The Hilbre Avenue water tower, part of Gore's skyline for 78 years, has been demolished to make way for a new reservoir, completing a major stage of the town's drinking water upgrade.
The 70th SBS Bank Tour of Southland rolls out from Gala Street on Sunday with 17 teams and about 100 riders tackling a prologue and eight stages over seven days, nine months after the storm-delayed 69th edition.
New Zealand motorcycling great Aaron Slight is leading a supporters' campaign to keep Invercargill-born Cormac Buchanan on the Moto3 grid in 2027, with a coffee-a-week membership club launched this week.
Invercargill cyclist Peter Grandiek marked his 95th birthday by riding 22.948km in an hour at the SIT Zero Fees Velodrome, nearly 3km further than the existing world best for riders aged 95 and over.
The Southland Stags finished the 2026 NPC round robin 13th of 14 teams after a 28-14 home loss to Northland, with wins over Waikato and Bay of Plenty the highlights of a tough campaign.
South Port New Zealand shareholders meet in Bluff on Wednesday to farewell chair Philip Cory-Wright after 16 years, with Nicola Greer taking over following a record $16.1 million profit and Environment Southland's $30 million sell-down.
REINZ figures for September put Southland's median house price at $505,000, down 3.8 per cent on a year earlier, while homes sold in a median 30 days and first-home buyers were the most active group.
United States company Plug Power has shipped a one-megawatt electrolyser to HWR Hydrogen for its Invercargill refuelling station, which will make hydrogen for the HW Richardson Group's dual-fuel trucks.
Environment Southland's 2025-26 compliance report shows 87 per cent of 1393 dairy discharge inspections were fully compliant or low-risk, almost unchanged from last year, despite one of the worst wind storms the region has seen.
Edendale Presbyterian Church's 22nd annual Tulip Day on Monday will open one of Triflor's flowering bulb paddocks to visitors, with van tours, more than 25 stalls and tulip bulb sales at the recreation grounds.
Federated Farmers Southland president Chris Dillon has welcomed National's promise to negotiate fertiliser supply agreements with exporting countries, but says price spikes rather than availability are the real problem for farmers.
Southlanders can cast their votes from today, Labour Day, in the two-week advance voting period before the 7 November general election, with sitting National MPs Penny Simmonds and Joseph Mooney defending Invercargill and Southland.
A $6 million Regional Infrastructure Fund grant will let Southland District Council fully replace the 105-year-old Monowai suspension bridge over the Waiau River, lifting its weight limit from 28.5 to 50 tonnes by December 2027.
Invercargill's SIT Childcare has opened an upgraded 60-square-metre outdoor learning area with a bike lane, sensory path and all-weather curtains, as the centre marks three decades at its Eye and Ness streets site.
The Government has granted $4 million from the Regional Infrastructure Fund to complete Mataura Marae, finishing its wharekai and ablution block and strengthening the complex as an emergency refuge for the flood-prone town.
Bluff musician and trucking company owner KC Barris has won the top prize at the 2026 Southland Music Awards, where Brenny & The Bushwhackers were named Band of the Year and three new Hall of Fame members were inducted.
Laura Allen's porcelain piece 34 years of Age has taken the $8,000 supreme award at the 2026 ILT Murihiku Art Awards, with the finalists' exhibition on show at He Waka Tuia in Invercargill until 15 November.