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Golf balls to drop again for fundraiser
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.
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Airport terminal to be named after Sir Tim
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.
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Te Anau to do away with paid facilities scheme
Tourists are walking the streets of Te Anau but not to take a photo or admire the scenery — they are searching for a toilet.
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Twenty years building home ownership dreams in South
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.
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Bluff to turn on Christmas cheer
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.
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Staff make a difference for visually impaired
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.
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SPW co-founder steps down from top role
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.
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Professionals office award ‘holds special significance’
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.
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Art therapy benefits stroke survivors
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.
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Queens Park trees to get chop to keep airport safe
Invercargill Airport management have requested 227 trees be removed from Queens Park due to airspace exclusion zone intrusions.
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Join the Poker Run fun
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.
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Wheels rolling for Refuge
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.
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Hydrogen site a step towards NZ plan
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.
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Japan sister city trip a worthwhile one, Invercargill mayor says
Spending more than $36,000 on a council trip to a sister city in Japan was money well spent, Invercargill Mayor Nobby Clark says.
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Offender’s pursuit of victim relentless: judge
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.
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Invercargill man’s ‘appalling’ record leads to prison term
An Invercargill man has been sent to prison for "behaving like an out-of-control 14-year-old" behind the wheel.
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Clean sweep
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.
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Police can't sit and do nothing: mosque inquest told
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.
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Jones gunning for 6th title
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.
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Police can't sit and do nothing: mosque inquest told
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.
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