The Southland Tribune; Edition #408
'Let's Build This': South Invercargill project needs your love | Gore's vote on water: 'Expenditure the community cannot afford' | Q&A: Southland’s youngest national athletics champion | Plus More
'Let's Build This': South Invercargill project needs your love
South Invercargill is suffering from a “severe lack of community facilities” despite making up 34% of the city’s population. Those behind the Grace Street Project are continuing their tireless crusade to help change that through a dramatic transformation of an old chapel in South Invercargill. (READ MORE HERE).
Gore's vote on water: 'Expenditure the community cannot afford'
The Gore District Council has voted, in principle, to join the Central Otago District Council and Clutha District Councils for the delivery of water services in the future. (READ MORE HERE).
Q&A: Southland’s youngest national athletics champion
Charlotte Hawkes' South Island Secondary School Championships time places her 8th on the U18 national rankings - and she is just 13 years old. (READ MORE HERE).
Sav’s Sidelines: ‘At least we are not Southland’
The verbal barbs are continuing to be flung from north of the border, and it appears ongoing comments made by the ODT’s Paul Dwyer are wearing thin on some at Rugby Southland HQ. (READ MORE HERE).
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In case you missed it…
Review: Opening night of the SBS Bank season of Matilda – The Musical set the gold standard for a show that promised much and exceeded all expectations. What a marvellous achievement by the directors and cast, who have brought the fantastical Roald Dahl story to life with style and pizzazz. (READ MORE HERE).
Season over: The truncated two-round format at the start of the season felt like it was going to be a sprint, and that is certainly how it now feels as the Steel reflects on the 2025 campaign. (READ MORE HERE).
SIT: The Southern Institute of Technology will be returned to local decision-making. Vocational Education Minister and Invercargill MP Penny Simmonds confirmed on Monday that SIT, including the Telford campus, is one of ten institutes around the country to have regional decision-making restored from next year. (READ MORE HERE).
Rental rise: Southland’s average weekly rental prices have hit an all-time high, according to realestate.co.nz. Southland’s average weekly rent hit $489 in June, the region’s highest on record. (READ MORE HERE).
