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Otatara Schoolchildren bask in all the balls they collected off the green after the Southland Business Chamber 2022 Golf Ball Drop. PHOTO: SUPPLIED The winner of Southland Business Chamber’s Golf Ball drop at the SBS Bank Invercargill golf course tomorrow might think they have won pennies from heaven with the $1000 first prize.

Visitors will arrive at the Sir Tim Shadbolt terminal at Invercargill Airport. Photo: supplied Invercargill city councillors have agreed Sir Tim Shadbolt’s smiling face will be the one greeting visitors at the city’s airport terminal from now on.

Tourists are walking the streets of Te Anau but not to take a photo or admire the scenery — they are searching for a toilet.

The Exceed Homes team celebrates 20 years of changing the nature of home ownership in the South. PHOTO: SUPPLIED Exceed Homes, the Southland-based construction company specialising in off-site home builds and transportation, is celebrating its 20-year anniversary as it continues to reshape the landscape of home ownership.

Scenes from last year’s Christmas Parade and Christmas In The Bluff Gala Day. PHOTO: YVONNE PICKFORD Preparations are well advanced for Bluff’s Christmas celebration with the annual Parade and Christmas In The Bluff Gala Day scheduled for Sunday, December 10.

Sandra Mayhew was very impressed with the service Crafty's Bar and Grill host Natalya Hawkes gave when the flat-screen eftpos machine was converted to assist visually impaired customers. Her thoughtful customer service earned her and Taylah Dallas (absent) a special recognition from Ms Mayhew's regular coffee group and a Blind Bit of a Difference Award from the Invercargill branch. PHOTO: TONI MCDONALD Crafty's Bar and Grill hosts Natalya Hawkes and Taylah Dallas knew the bar’s flat-screen eftpos machine was not going to work well for a group of visually impaired customers — so the pair went into problem-solving mode.

SPW co-founder and professional wrestler Marc Perry, ‘Hooligan Marcus Kool’ in the ring, when he was SPW champion. PHOTO: SUPPLIED On the way to building his dream, a southern businessman built a promotion and a brand, but after eight years at the helm he is stepping down from his role at the top.

The Invercargill Professionals team of sales agents and admin staff. PHOTO: MARK JOHN An Invercargill real estate firm is punching well above its weight competing with the rest of the nation.

Southland artist Margaret Palmer-McKenzie (second left) with a group of stroke survivors and their art at Arts Murihiku on Monday. PHOTO: MARK JOHN Dabbling in painting with acrylics has helped a Southland woman recover from a stroke.

Invercargill Airport management have requested 227 trees be removed from Queens Park due to airspace exclusion zone intrusions.

Denise Singleton, Bill Christensen, Donna Evans, Tayla Muir and Kevin Muir think they are all set for the Cruise4Care Hospice Southland Poker Run Fundraiser on Saturday morning with their tongue-in-cheek vehicle entry. PHOTO: TONI McDONALD If it is registered and roadworthy it can be part of the Cruise4Care Poker Run fun on Saturday, Cruise4Care organiser Donna Evans says.

PHOTO: DAVE LOUDON Southern Grilles & Gasoline member Rob Singleton and Invercargill Women’s Refuge manager Cathy Robertson with toys donated on the Santa Cruz Toy Run last Friday night. 

HWR chief executive Anthony Jones (second from left) and transport group general manager Reece Oliver turn the first sod on HW Richardson’s Southland hydrogen site watched by HWR Hydrogen project manager Kerryn Hamill (left), HWR Hydrogen commercial manager Kim Hill and Waihōpai Rūnaka deputy chairman Joe Wakefield. PHOTO: MARK JOHN Work on a Southland hydrogen site to fuel the future of New Zealand’s heavy transport industry is officially under way.

Spending more than $36,000 on a council trip to a sister city in Japan was money well spent, Invercargill Mayor Nobby Clark says.

Invercargill District Court. PHOTO: ODT FILES A convicted sex offender told his victim "I’m going to do more than rape you this time" just months after he was released from prison, a court heard.

An Invercargill man has been sent to prison for "behaving like an out-of-control 14-year-old" behind the wheel.

PHOTO: MARK JOHN Southland Girls’ High School year pupils Karscell Teremoana-Moaoke (left) and Kayda Oti wiped out the competition playing for the Cook Islands Kuki Airani rugby league team in the Pacific series tournament in Christchurch last week.

Counter-terrorism experts Dr Frank Straub (left) and Scott Wilson gave evidence on Thursday. Photo: The Press / Iain McGregor All front-line police should be trained to enter a scene with an active armed offender, a US expert in counter-terrorism has told an inquest into the deadly attacks at two Christchurch mosques. 

New Zealand ultrarunner Daniel Jones on his way to winning the 2020 Kepler Challenge. PHOTO: FILE With the potential for a record-equalling sixth Kepler Challenge mountain race title on Saturday, top New Zealand ultrarunner Daniel Jones is as interested as anyone to see how he goes in Te Anau.

Counter-terrorism experts Dr Frank Straub (left) and Scott Wilson gave evidence on Thursday. Photo: The Press / Iain McGregor All front-line police should be trained to enter a scene with an active armed offender, a US expert in counter-terrorism has told an inquest into the deadly attacks at two Christchurch mosques.