The Ascot Park Hotel Steel have advanced to their first Grand Final in eight years after an all-the-way 60-54 win over the VIP Frames & Trusses Tactix in the Elimination Final in Invercargill on Sunday. The Steel will meet Minor Premiers GoSweetSpot Mystics in the season-decider in Auckland next Saturday

When Michael Cockroft answers a question, sends a message or orders food, he has to do it a little differently from other Invercargill fathers - entirely with his eyes. Following a diagnosis of motor neurone disease (MND) seven years ago, Cockroft has also set his sights on storytelling and beating

There is certainly no shortage of activity around Invercargill at the moment, with new stores opening, familiar names relocating and several major fit-outs well underway. This week saw a significant milestone as Plaza SuperValue on Yarrow Street officially relaunched as FreshChoice Plaza. The refreshed supermarket marks another chapter for the

Stan Larsen spent 37 years teaching engineering at SIT. Last Wednesday, his colleagues finally said goodbye. Larsen, who is "comfortably into my 80s", was farewelled at a staff morning tea on June 10 after retiring from the Southern Institute of Technology, where he has taught pre-trade engineering, apprentices

A factory in Riverton is selling around one million pāua shells a year to Chanel, Cartier and the Sultan of Oman — and still can't keep up with demand. Ocean Shell Ltd, based on a quiet street in the small Southland town, processes and exports pāua shells alongside mother

More than 8,600 native plants are in the ground near Waituna Lagoon, part of a long-term push to restore health to one of Southland's most ecologically fragile wetlands. Whakamana te Waituna Charitable Trust planted 8,625 plants at Webster Block on May 8 — a 48-hectare property it

The Southern Steel are one win away from the ANZ Premiership grand final — and head coach Wendy Frew has been here before. The Steel host the Tactix in an Elimination Final at ILT Stadium Southland on Sunday, with a spot in next weekend's decider against the Mystics in

Farmers across Invercargill and Southland are delivering the goods for our province, with New Zealand export revenue set to reach record levels. In the year to 30 June 2026 export revenue is forecast to reach $64.3 billion - up six percent - and driven by healthy demand for dairy