Ben Waterworth
Piping extravaganza for the south
Southland is about to be hit with a feast of piping as the 2020 National Pipe Band Championships hit the region for the first time in 15...
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Ben Waterworth
- Mar 6, 2020
- 6 min
State of Emergency
Tourists were rescued from the Milford Road on Monday with little more than the clothes they were wearing, after significant flooding and...
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Ben Waterworth
- Mar 5, 2020
- 1 min
Silver Ferns to play in Southland
The world champion Silver Ferns will play in Southland for the first time since 2017 this October. Game three of the Constellation Cup...
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Ben Waterworth
- Feb 20, 2020
- 3 min
Vining legacy continues as charity hospital finds a home
Melissa Vining says her husband Blair would be incredibly “proud and extremely excited” that his idea to bring a charity hospital to...
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Ben Waterworth
- Feb 6, 2020
- 2 min
Southland revs up ahead of Burt Munro Challenge
Petrol heads and speed enthusiasts have converged on Southland this week as one of the biggest events to take place annually in the...
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Ben Waterworth
- Jan 30, 2020
- 3 min
Direct flights helping the “stars align” for Southland
Close to six months since the first direct flight connecting Southland with Auckland landed, the “stars continue to align” for the region...
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Ben Waterworth
- Nov 21, 2019
- 2 min
Council urges people to look out for wallabies
Most Southlanders might think they are a long way away from the natural habitat of a wallaby, but Environment Southland is urging the...
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Ben Waterworth
- Nov 14, 2019
- 2 min
7 Days and Shadbolt – the match made in heaven
It appears that Sir Tim Shadbolt is about as important to the TV show ‘7 Days’ as he is to Invercargill and Southland. The longstanding...
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Ben Waterworth
- Nov 7, 2019
- 1 min
Diet-based food truck a big hit
A Southland food truck selling food aligned with the popular ‘Keto” diet is proving to be a huge success. Cooking Keto opened last month...
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Ben Waterworth
- Oct 31, 2019
- 3 min
New hub for Southland beekeepers
A hub designed to connect both commercial and hobbyist beekeepers in Southland has been established by the national apiculture body as...
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Ben Waterworth
- Oct 24, 2019
- 1 min
Cycling champs a success
Cycling New Zealand high performance director Martin Barras has declared the Oceania Track Championships a “success” as fans flocked to...
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Ben Waterworth
- Oct 24, 2019
- 4 min
Decision a “relief” but controversy remains
Southland’s only shark cage diving operator says it is a “relief” that a recent Supreme Court decision on the future of the industry has...
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Ben Waterworth
- Sep 26, 2019
- 2 min
The drought is over
It’s over. After 1079 days – three years and 27 games – the Southland Stags are victorious once again. The Stags dominated Counties...
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Ben Waterworth
- Sep 21, 2019
- 4 min
Southland’s hand in creating a future rugby powerhouse
15,559 kilometres away from Southland is perhaps the last place you’d expect to find a New Zealand rugby coach. In fact with that amount...
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Ben Waterworth
- Sep 19, 2019
- 3 min
Battling emotion to create a lasting legacy
A year ago, the Vining family had their world turned upside down. Winton rugby legend Blair was diagnosed with terminal bowel cancer in...
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Ben Waterworth
- Sep 12, 2019
- 2 min
Stan Walker’s southern links
For the last decade Stan Walker has been travelling the world, dominating charts and engaging audiences with his music, but a recent bit...
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Ben Waterworth
- Aug 22, 2019
- 1 min
New service ready to go
The inaugural flight of the new Auckland to Invercargill direct service will land at Invercargill Airport this Sunday night. The flight...
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Ben Waterworth
- Aug 22, 2019
- 2 min
Steven Adams thrills young basketballers in Invercargill
He’s worth an estimated $27.2 million but the experience that Steven Adams brought to Invercargill for 300 young basketballers was...
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Ben Waterworth
- Aug 22, 2019
- 2 min
NZ’s first digital air control tower coming to Southland
Construction of the first digital air traffic control ‘tower’ in New Zealand will begin next month in Invercargill and will help “enhance...
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Ben Waterworth
- Aug 15, 2019
- 3 min
School planting sustainability seeds in Riverton
A class at Aparima College in Riverton is laying foundations for a sustainable future in the town. The business studies class, which...
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