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- Meet the people who care for you at hospice
WHO are the people who care for you?
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- Eco-friendly heating solutions for all homes
AUTUMN is here and with it comes chilly mornings and cold nights. Here in the South, while we may enjoy sunny days, cooler nights and mornings can not only make it hard to get out of bed but can add to a cycle that makes for an unhealthy home.
- How different fuel costs compare for home heating
CONSUMER NZ looked at plan data from their Powerswitch website, as well as retail prices for firewood, wood pellets and LPG up and down the country, to crunch the numbers on how different fuel costs compare.
- Book recounts cancer journey
LESS than 24 hours after a visit to her GP, Invercargill woman Diane Townson found herself in Dunedin Hospital being scheduled for urgent chemotherapy.
- Dynamic duo raring to lead Southern Steel
HISTORY is shaping the future of the Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel.
- Illumination inspiration
The Illuminate Light and Sound Experience show will light up Invercargill’s Queens Park next month. After failing to get the green light to host the event in Dunedin, organisers decided to bring the experience to Invercargill for the first time.
- Car care workshops for women coming to city
DE-MISTIFYING the intimidating mechanical maze underneath a car bonnet has opened a door of opportunity for Melissa Hannan.
- High commissioner to visit Invercargill
THE Indian High Commissioner to New Zealand will take part in a panel discussion in Invercargill next week.
- Community support integral
HOSPICE Awareness week up and down the country is held from May 12-18 . Our annual appeal is on May 16 and we really appreciate your donations.
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- Winton club celebrates 150 years
THE Winton Jockey Club is celebrating its 150th season in the thoroughbred racing industry this weekend....
- ‘Milford is just chaos’
Welcome to Milford, the Wild West settlement in Fiordland National Park. Perched precariously on the shore of world-famous Piopiotahi Milford Sound in Ngāi Tahu ancestral territory, it is barely functioning on the fringes of civilisation....
- Meet the wizard hoping to be mayor
NOEL Peterson is the green wizard of Bluff — a man with a passion for both the environment and local politics. But could he be the next mayor of Invercargill? As Sir Tim Shadbolt takes aim at a 10th term, Mr Peterson says he is coming for the throne....
- 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....
- An epic adventure on the ice
THE expansive sub-Antarctic South Georgia island, with albatross wheeling overhead and throngs of king penguins waddling between snorting elephant seals sent former Southland Express video-journalist Cole Yeoman into sensory overload....
- Southland roots key for bank chief
MARK McLean banked his first pay cheque at SBS Bank as a 14-year-old — next year he will run it....
- Natural leader leaves mark in history
A PERSONAL letter from New Zealand Prime Minister Sir Keith Holyoake requesting Rex Austin to stand for parliament was the pivotal point which took of one of Southland’s natural born leaders and pioneers into a life of politics....
- Southern motorcyclist takes on the world
THIS will be the fifth time Southland motorcyclist Cormac Buchanan has headed away for a European campaign — but there are some big differences this year....