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- New owners take reins of real estate agency in city
EXCITEMENT is in the air as the new owners of the Mike Pero Invercargill franchise spring into action.
- Raise a calf to help hospice
WITH spring just around the corner, Hospice Southland is calling out for people to donate a calf.
- Doc turns to public to help find seal killer
A JUVENILE leopard seal has been shot and killed near the mouth of the Oreti River, sparking an investigation to find the perpetrator.
- Polytech merger budget cut request ‘blatantly unfair’
POLYTECHNIC mega-merger Te Pukenga’s call for southern institutions to cut costs to reduce a projected $110 million national deficit has been dubbed ‘‘blatantly unfair’’.
- Community work acknowledged
GARSTON stalwart Peter Naylor’s long-standing service to his township has been acknowledged with a Community Service Award.
- Schoolkids to learn the wonders of wool
A MOBILE wool shed is set to visit Southland schools this month, to promote and educate Kiwi children on the wonders of wool.
- Hearty celebration marks 20th
CHILDREN had a hearty time at Kew Pacific Island Learning Centre in Invercargill last week.
- Owner reflects on ‘special’ 30 years
YOUNG Reflections owner Joy Brown is celebrating 30 years of stocking educational toys for Southlanders.
- Baby sleep course offers help to Southland parents
AS every Southland parent knows, people who say they ‘‘sleep like a baby’’ usually don’t have one.
- $30K to be spent on sister city visit
THE Invercargill City Council has decided to spend $30,000 to host a delegation from its Japanese sister city to celebrate its 30-year partnership.
Featured documents
- MacDonald, Beck make it eight
LIAM MacDonald, of Invercargill, was presented with the Southland Sports Car Club (SSCC) Champions Trophy for an eighth time at the club’s 2020/2021 prizegiving at Teretonga Park on Monday night....
- Business proud to be in Southland Being in business has taught Fi Innovations owner Gareth Dykes resilience and perseverance. He talks to business reporter Riley Kennedy about growing an award-winning business in Southland.
GARETH Dykes has faced his fair share of challenges, but he believes he is a better person and business owner because of them....
- Giving it his best shot
A $1500 scholarship awarded to James Hargest College (JHC) athlete William Robertson will allow him to shoot for his dream of competing at the Jennian Homes New Zealand Track and Field Championships in Hastings in March....
- Seeping into all corners of society
METHAMPHETAMINE: P, Ice, Crack, Speed, Crystal, different names — but the same drug. We’ve all heard it ruins lives, and now it is insidiously saturating the fabric of Southland communities....
- SI oyster farmer alleges cover-up
STEWART Island’s last oyster farmer says frustration has turned to anger as his wait to return to oystering at his marine farm in Big Glory Bay continues....
- ‘I felt unheard and unseen’
A SOUTHLAND woman feels she has been let down by the mental health system....
- Alpine animal species under threat
RECENT studies have shown climate change is leading to a quarter of New Zealand’s alpine animal species to become extinct within the next 50 years....
- Business proud to be in Southland Being in business has taught Fi Innovations owner Gareth Dykes resilience and perseverance. He talks to business reporter Riley Kennedy about growing an award-winning business in Southland.
GARETH Dykes has faced his fair share of challenges, but he believes he is a better person and business owner because of them....
- Giving it his best shot
A $1500 scholarship awarded to James Hargest College (JHC) athlete William Robertson will allow him to shoot for his dream of competing at the Jennian Homes New Zealand Track and Field Championships in Hastings in March....
- Seeping into all corners of society
METHAMPHETAMINE: P, Ice, Crack, Speed, Crystal, different names — but the same drug. We’ve all heard it ruins lives, and now it is insidiously saturating the fabric of Southland communities....