Te Whatu Ora Southern asset management services manager Hugo Zaat with wood pellets which are now burning in Southland Hospital's two 4.5 megawatt boilers instead of coal [to the left]. Photo: Kavinda ...

It's been a turbulent first year as Gore district's mayor, but Ben Bell is hoping the next two will be 'pure bliss'.

WorkSafe, police and Gore District Council staff at the entrance to the wastewater plant where three-year-old Lachlan Jones died on January 29.Robyn Edie / Not-For-Syndication Gore police are ...

Simon Gordon Wallace, 49, a former elder at the Invercargill Grace Presbyterian Church, was sentenced to three years' six months in prison in the Invercargill District Court on Thursday for injuring ...

Ministry for Primary Industries’ Fishery Officers and Compliance Investigators, backed by Police, carried out search warrants in Invercargill on Tuesday (file photo).Andy Jackson / Stuff A number of ...

"There was a lot of discussion around whether it was going to be a one lane or a two lane bridge. The NZTA was very much going the track of it being a one lane bridge but the Southland District ...

There is now a firm timeline for the upgrading of CCTV cameras in Invercargill and Bluff.David Unwin / Stuff Improved CCTV coverage of inner-city Invercargill is scheduled to be commissioned in stages ...

Thomas has seen lots of change in the Glengarry business area, from when it was thriving in the 1970s to early 1980s to seeing it decline in the past 35 years. Closures during that time include a ...

No news is not good news, Southland There's a lot happening in this region and our community relies on a dedicated local newsroom to cover it all. Our Southland team is hot on housing and worker ...

South Alive projects manager Julz Orr with one of the nine interpretive panels that will tell south Invercargill stories on a heritage trail being developed in the area. Photo: Kavinda Herath / ...

Gore Mayor Ben Bell, 23, has been asked to resign from his position. Photo: Robyn Edie / Stuff Councillors met with Gore Mayor Ben Bell on Wednesday asking him to resign Bell, who declined the request ...

Southern Institute of Technology CEO Penny Simmonds talks about todays decision.