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Two Vehicle Crash, Mabel Bush
Two Vehicle Crash, Mabel Bush
News   -   Aug 10, 2026

Police and ambulance are in attendance at a serious crash in Mabel Bush, northeast of Invercargill. Emergency services were called to the intersection of Grove Bush Woodlands Road and Rakahouka Hedgehope Road about 5:35pm, to reports of a two-vehicle crash. Indications are there are serious injuries involved. Diversions are

Nightcaps Teacher's Songs Get Animated
Nightcaps Teacher's Songs Get Animated
News   -   Aug 10, 2026

A Nightcaps music teacher's songs, written nearly two decades ago and largely sitting in a drawer, are now animated videos watched by children across the country — thanks to a collaboration with SIT's screen arts programme in Invercargill. Nicky Fryer, a teacher aide and music teacher at

Gore Hedges Its Bets on Southland Reform
Gore Hedges Its Bets on Southland Reform
News   -   Aug 10, 2026

Gore District Council has backed both competing Southland local government reform proposals, writing to the Ministry for Cities, Environment, Regions and Transport ahead of the government's August 9 deadline. The council confirmed support for both the two-unitary Greater Southland proposal developed by Southland District Council and the single-unitary

16 Southland Schools to Get Solar Panels
16 Southland Schools to Get Solar Panels
News   -   Aug 10, 2026

Sixteen Southland schools are in line for rooftop solar panels under a $30 million government programme announced as part of Budget 2026. Invercargill MP Penny Simmonds confirmed the selections on Monday, with the list spanning from Halfmoon Bay School on Stewart Island to Drummond Primary School inland, and Otautau School

Labour Slumps as Opportunity Surges
Labour Slumps as Opportunity Surges
News   -   Aug 10, 2026

Three months out from the election, the government is clinging to a two-seat majority — and a new party just made things considerably more complicated. The latest Taxpayers' Union-Curia Poll has the Opportunity Party breaking five percent in a mainstream public poll for the first time, landing on 6.1

Two Vehicle Crash, Mabel Bush
News   -   Aug 10, 2026 Two Vehicle Crash, Mabel Bush

Police and ambulance are in attendance at a serious crash in Mabel Bush, northeast of Invercargill. Emergency services were called to the intersection of Grove Bush Woodlands Road and Rakahouka Hedgehope Road about 5:35pm, to reports of a two-vehicle crash. Indications are there are serious injuries involved. Diversions are

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Two Vehicle Crash, Mabel Bush
Two Vehicle Crash, Mabel Bush
News   -   Aug 10, 2026

Police and ambulance are in attendance at a serious crash in Mabel Bush, northeast of Invercargill. Emergency services were called to the intersection of Grove Bush Woodlands Road and Rakahouka Hedgehope Road about 5:35pm, to reports of a two-vehicle crash. Indications are there are serious injuries involved. Diversions are

Technical Fault Ends Buchanan Podium Bid
Technical Fault Ends Buchanan Podium Bid
Sport + Motorsport   -   Aug 10, 2026

A freak technical fault almost certainly cost Cormac Buchanan a podium at the British Grand Prix. The 19-year-old Southlander qualified eighth at Silverstone — matching his career best — and was running with the front group when his bike began overheating from the moment the lights went out. A suspected tear-off from

Stewart Island Salmon Farm Gets Fast-track Go-ahead
Stewart Island Salmon Farm Gets Fast-track Go-ahead
News   -   Aug 10, 2026

Invercargill MP Penny Simmonds has welcomed a decision to fast-track approval of the Hananui Aquaculture Project off Stewart Island (Rakiura), saying it will provide a massive boost for the local economy. "Once it's fully operational, this aquaculture project will produce over 14000 tonnes of salmon per year,

Milford Millions to Fund Southland Toilet Upgrades
Milford Millions to Fund Southland Toilet Upgrades
News   -   Aug 10, 2026

Southland District Council is spending its $1 million Milford Sound windfall on public toilets. Council agreed at its meeting on Wednesday to direct the money — received from selling its two percent shareholding in Milford Sound Tourism Limited — toward renewing and upgrading public toilets along the main tourist route through Southland

Nightcaps Teacher's Songs Get Animated
Nightcaps Teacher's Songs Get Animated
News   -   Aug 10, 2026

A Nightcaps music teacher's songs, written nearly two decades ago and largely sitting in a drawer, are now animated videos watched by children across the country — thanks to a collaboration with SIT's screen arts programme in Invercargill. Nicky Fryer, a teacher aide and music teacher at

Gore Hedges Its Bets on Southland Reform
Gore Hedges Its Bets on Southland Reform
News   -   Aug 10, 2026

Gore District Council has backed both competing Southland local government reform proposals, writing to the Ministry for Cities, Environment, Regions and Transport ahead of the government's August 9 deadline. The council confirmed support for both the two-unitary Greater Southland proposal developed by Southland District Council and the single-unitary

16 Southland Schools to Get Solar Panels
16 Southland Schools to Get Solar Panels
News   -   Aug 10, 2026

Sixteen Southland schools are in line for rooftop solar panels under a $30 million government programme announced as part of Budget 2026. Invercargill MP Penny Simmonds confirmed the selections on Monday, with the list spanning from Halfmoon Bay School on Stewart Island to Drummond Primary School inland, and Otautau School

Labour Slumps as Opportunity Surges
Labour Slumps as Opportunity Surges
News   -   Aug 10, 2026

Three months out from the election, the government is clinging to a two-seat majority — and a new party just made things considerably more complicated. The latest Taxpayers' Union-Curia Poll has the Opportunity Party breaking five percent in a mainstream public poll for the first time, landing on 6.1

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