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Scott O'Donnell has been made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to business — recognition that spans trucking, hydrogen fuel, a $180 million city centre overhaul, and a dementia care village on the edge of Invercargill. O'Donnell has spent his career expanding

Despite all of the new employment opportunities coming to Southland, Infometrics predicts a slowing down of population growth in the south. Infometrics principal economist Nick Brunsdon delivered a presentation to the Risk and Assurance Committee on Long Term Plan assumptions. But Invercargill Mayor Tom Campbell didn't want to

Dialysis patients at Southland Hospital now have tablets and headphones to get them through five-hour treatment sessions, funded by the Invercargill Licensing Trust. The ILT donated five tablets and five headphone sets to the hospital's dialysis unit — a ward where patients are hooked up to machines for hours

More than 38,000 Southland and West Otago power users will see a discount on their electricity bills this spring, with The Power Company Ltd handing back $11.7 million through its annual price discount programme. Residential customers on the TPCL network get 2.3 cents back for every kilowatt-hour

Two online players have each pocketed $5.03 million after Saturday night's Powerball Must Be Won Draw rolled down from First Division — one ticket sold to a Wellington player, the other to someone in the Tasman region. Neither ticket matched all the Powerball First Division requirements, so the

Tonight's Powerball draw is the last of its kind — and Lotto NZ has made it a $10 million Must Be Won event to send the old game off with a bang. The draw, held this Saturday September 12, is the final one under the current 10-ball format. From

Agricultural training in the South took a major step forward today, with the commencement of the Southern Institute of Technology's Telford campus refurbishment, Invercargill MP Penny Simmonds says. "Today marks the beginning of the $2.4 million campus refurbishment and the start of even more positive change

The Southland Stags host Bay of Plenty at Rugby Park this Sunday, with kick-off set for 5.05pm in round seven of the Hilux NPC. Sean Withy captains the side. The starting XV has Jack Barrett at loosehead, Jayden Henderson hooking, and Paula Latu at tighthead. Mitch Dunshea and Woody