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A Southland Girls High School student has taken out the top prize at the 2026 NZAS Southland Science and Technology Fair, beating 328 fellow competitors with a project that could change how we keep food fresh.

Aroha Ridzuan won the NZAS Premier Science Award for Beyond the Leaf: Mānuka & Kānuka; Exploring Past, Present & Future — an investigation into using chem...

A new $1 million fund will back community groups, volunteers and landowners fighting wilding pines across the country.

Biosecurity Minister Andrew Hoggard made the announcement Tuesday at the national Wilding Pine Conference in Southland. The money, available through the National Wilding Conifer Control Programme, will be spread over two years to support grassroots cont...

Sunday's the big one this week — Waikiwi Tavern's Great Pub Cash Giveaway Draw dishes out a share of $13,000 between 3–5pm, timed neatly around Stags v Waikato on the big screen from 2:05pm. Saturday brings DJ Awhe back to The Loney, Euphoria live at Speight's, and out at Newfield it's a prop...

Invercargill City Council has successfully switched its payroll system to a cloud-based platform, processing its first live pay run for around 550 employees in early July 2026.

The new system, built on TechnologyOne's Human Resources and Payroll platform and implemented by Australian technology firm Atturra, replaces a patchwork of ageing, separate payroll and HR applic...

George Owen is excited about bringing Southland’s Home Show back to Invercargill again this weekend.

The man behind the two-day show for the past 31 years said it’s always a great feeling to see ILT Stadium being transformed into a home renovator’s paradise every year.

“It’s great to see it all come together with a number of people involved.  It’s quite a big feat...