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This should have been one of the easiest rounds of the competition with only four games to pick, but it ended up a tipsters’ graveyard! Moana Pasifika and the Waratahs were simply not supposed to win!

Regional Naval Officer Lieutenant Commander Nigel Finnerty. As the sun rises on April 25, I will stand before the Invercargill Cenotaph, dressed in my "Number 1s", medals glinting in the morning light.

A missing suitcase has added to the issues of a Southland squash club facing an uncertain future over unpaid rates.

Vandalism in a small Southland town has prompted fresh measures to keep perpetrators out.

The crowd browses the stalls at Crafters@Latitude Market in Invercargill last weekend. Sixty-five stalls drew crowds to the Crafters@Latitude Market at the Southland Indoor Bowls Centre last weekend.

One of the Rangitata rail bridge's piers was washed away in flood waters last week. Photo: Supplied / KiwiRail KiwiRail has begun building the temporary supports needed to reopen Canterbury's Rangitata rail bridge.

One of the Rangitata rail bridge's piers was washed away in flood waters last week. Photo: Supplied / KiwiRail KiwiRail has begun building the temporary supports needed to reopen Canterbury's Rangitata rail bridge.

A sell-out crowd listened to 1970s New Zealand iconic band Dragon rock the house at the Invercargill Civic Theatre on Friday night. PHOTO: TONI McDONALD Don't let the grey hair and glasses fool you. The band members of Hello Sailor have still got it and can rock with the best. They were a good choice to accompany Dragon on their 50th anniversary tour.

Fast isn’t always better and it pays to remember that.

Mayor Nobby Clark. Photo: ODT files The two councillors who lodged a code of conduct complaint against Invercargill Mayor Nobby Clark will not comment on his recent apology.

Aurora College. PHOTO: ODT FILES A Southland pupil plans to build the business knowledge of his peers when he returns from an entrepreneurial venture in Auckland this month.

Safety in the remote wilderness of the Southern region has been enhanced by PowerNet providing two four-wheel-drive vehicles for Deep Cove Outdoor Education Trust (Deep Cove) and Borland Lodge Adventure and Education Trust (Borland Lodge).

T4Group Data Centre executive director Dean Addie. Bit by byte, things are coming together for Southland’s new multimillion-dollar data centre, as T4 Group announces it has bought the land it will build on.

Having a laugh at the Southern Man’s Group in Invercargill last Thursday are (from left) Jeff Low, Craig Allison, Steve Brodie and Neill Rumble. PHOTO: NINA TAPU In a back room in Invercargill, a pelvic dummy is being passed around.

Steve Parry. Photo: Sandy Eggleston Gore District Council chief executive Stephen Parry, whose temporary reappointment to the job he had quit sparked protests, is leaving for good next month.

The Te Papa exhibition was damaged with spray paint and an angle grinder in December. Photo: RNZ A Treaty of Waitangi display at Te Papa in Wellington which was spray-painted last year will be taken down next week.