City nurse helps in epidemic
SOUTHLAND nurse and midwife Anne Dymond looks proudly on her phone at the photo of a Samoan mother holding her 1-year-old child.
This same mother...
Consent issues ‘perfect storm’
AN increase in the number and complexity of building consents being submitted to council and an understaffed building consent department had created "a perfect...
CBD key player walks away from development
THE Invercargill City Council (ICC) is in damage control after a key investor walked away from a mult-imillion-dollar project to redevelop an inner-city block.
HWCP...
Targeted
INVERCARGILL dairy owners are ramping up their security after nine reported robberies and burglaries in six months.
A number of small business owners have installed...
Tough times ahead?
THE ripple effects would be "catastrophic" and far reaching for Southland and beyond should the Tiwai aluminium smelter close, Southland business leaders say.
Southland Chamber...
Kmart announces tenants
ANTICIPATION is building as tenants are confirmed and final touches are made to Invercargill's new Kmart complex ahead of its opening next month.
"We can...
Aquaculture park in the works
GROWING optimism in the aquaculture industry has spurred a group of investors to pump money into rejuvenating the neglected former Ocean Beach Freezing Works...
Innovative care village in pipeline
CALVARY Hospital Southland is proposing to develop an innovative and progressive community-based model of care for the elderly and people living with dementia in...
Last call to cast your vote
WITH voting for local body elections set to close at noon on October 12, people are being urged to cast their vote.
As of Tuesday...
Dairy targeted twice
INVERCARGILL police say the investigation into a robbery and an alleged attempted robbery on the same dairy last week is ongoing.
Newfield Dairy part-owner Christine...