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    Piping extravaganza for the south
    Ben Waterworth
    • Mar 11, 2020
    • 2 min

    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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    State of Emergency
    Ben Waterworth
    • Mar 5, 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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    Silver Ferns to play in Southland
    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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    Vining legacy continues as charity hospital finds a home
    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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    Southland revs up ahead of Burt Munro Challenge
    Ben Waterworth
    • Feb 5, 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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    Direct flights helping the “stars align” for Southland
    Ben Waterworth
    • Jan 29, 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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    Council urges people to look out for wallabies
    Ben Waterworth
    • Nov 20, 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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    7 Days and Shadbolt – the match made in heaven
    Ben Waterworth
    • Nov 13, 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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    Diet-based food truck a big hit
    Ben Waterworth
    • Nov 6, 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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    New hub for Southland beekeepers
    Ben Waterworth
    • Oct 30, 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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    Cycling champs a success
    Ben Waterworth
    • Oct 23, 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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    Decision a “relief” but controversy remains
    Ben Waterworth
    • Oct 23, 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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    The drought is over
    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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    Southland’s hand in creating a future rugby powerhouse
    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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    Battling emotion to create a lasting legacy
    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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    Stan Walker’s southern links
    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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    New service ready to go
    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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    Steven Adams thrills young basketballers in Invercargill
    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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    NZ’s first digital air control tower coming to Southland
    Ben Waterworth
    • Aug 21, 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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    School planting sustainability seeds in Riverton
    Ben Waterworth
    • Aug 14, 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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