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RIO Tinto needs to put a stake in the ground and decide if the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter is to remain open or not, Energy Minister Megan Woods says.

THE announcement the Government will scrap prescription charges comes as good news for seniors.

ANOTHER massive season of harness racing looms in the south.

‘‘IT is like a dark cloud has entered our building,’’ H&J Smith’s managing director says.

A COMMUNITY event invited Southland youth to design and print their own t-shirts in celebration of Youth Week.

FORMED in 1957, Queens Park AFC is based at Surrey Park in Invercargill, sharing its newly built clubrooms with Softball Southland.

A DRINK-DRIVER who killed a champion triathlete in 2014 has avoided imprisonment after causing chaos on the roads again.

THE Mahi Toi Bluff Arts Group had quite the introduction on Sunday with an inaugural display of artwork.

INVERCARGILL children dressed up as their favourite superhero to snap up some comic books at the weekend.

INVERCARGILL is mourning the loss of one of its sons with the passing of Ioane Reuleu (Johnny) Penisula.

EROSION caused by human-related debris on Southland’s coastline requires urgent attention, according to new research.

Free garden horse manure

AMELIARANNE Ekenasio broke southern hearts on Sunday.

THE cancellation of the Bluff Oyster & Food Festival this year did not stop some people in Invercargill from having a taste of the southern delicacy.

AN Invercargill fish store worker described chasing down a man who allegedly stole a charity donation box.

1. Which Shakespeare play is the longest?

Price: $725,000

DESIGN and engineering plans are still on track to build the new viewing platform at Observation Rock on Rakiura Stewart Island.

THERE is an impressive number of features to be admired in the stunning Gladstone property at 75 Grey St.

Name: Corvo.

A SIXTH round of funding for local mental wellbeing initiatives is set to give Southern Lakes communities a boost this winter.

INVERCARGILL city councillors are seeking a renewed national process for how local government can handle internal complaints.

SOUTHLAND Community House — we are a not-for-profit, community-orientated facility.

LUMSDEN is going to be able to build a rescue helicopter pad at the township’s emergency services hub.

VISITING Dunedin choral director Claire Stevens lent her expertise to one of Invercargill’s newest choir groups last week.

FOUR legends of New Zealand country music are hitting the road for their first national tour together.

1. Hamlet; 2. Moose; 3. Leonardo da Vinci; 4. Bedrock; 5. Christmas Tree farm; 6. Brown; 7. Baseball; 8. America’s Cup.

TREVOR Leigh had been smoking heavily for 45 years, desperately wanting to give up but not knowing how.

City art gallery