Santa takes time to hang out in Qtown
By WILL HINE - The Southland Times | 05:00AM
Santa Claus has been making plenty of appearances around Queenstown this week traditionally a period spent at the North Pole making last-minute gifts.
Police visit 'high-risk' families in city to prevent holiday violence
By JARED MORGAN - The Southland Times | 05:00AM
Police are getting in first with family violence by visiting Invercargill's top 10 offenders and asking them to take it easy this Christmas.
Wool scour workers' fate up in air
By CASSANDRA POKONEY - The Southland Times | 05:00AM
Fifty-two staff at the Clifton Wool Scour face an uncertain Christmas as they wait to hear whether they still have jobs.
Model wannabes strut their stuff
By SHANE COWLISHAW - The Southland Times | 05:00AM
Potential Invercargill "uber-models" materialised at the Civic Theatre yesterday as auditions for New Zealand's Next Top Model arrived in town.
PSIS runs Christmas appeal for Sallies' foodbank
By CASSANDRA POKONEY - The Southland Times | 05:00AM
The tough economic climate has prompted staff at one Invercargill financial institute to put its money or food where its mouth is and run a Christmas foodbank appeal.
ICC to take 'real hard look' at new project funding
ILT forges ahead with multi million-dollar revamp of outlets
Promising future for Southland says coach Duncan
By JERRIE ANDREWS - The Southland Times | 05:00AM
Swimming Southland head coach Jeremy Duncan has been pleased with results posted by local swimmers this year, but believes there's plenty more to come as he eyes a promising future in the south.
Christmas aim for turf completion
Finance firm pulls plug on credit line
By DYLAN THORNE - The Southland Times | 05:00AM
A Southland company has had its credit line for customers cut after South Canterbury Finance decided it was providing too few agreements.
Venture manager finds new challenge
- Pilot died doing what he loved: brother
- Man catches vandal in act
- Headstone offered for Minnie Dean's grave
- Kidnapping accused to stand trial
- Wanaka teller targeted dying
- Boy kicked unconscious in park
- Airlines accused of price fixing
- Financial turmoil spreads to sport
- Station to move into food, wine
- Station to move into food, wine
Hang on: Santa taking a fall from a chimney at Queenstown's Heritage Hotel.