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Soggy spring still hurting farming sector

Jan 16, 2025 | odt.co.nz | Toni McDonald

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. SouthlandSouthland ExpressSpring's soggy start will be felt in the farming community for a few more months, rural community members say. Scott Contracting owner Owen Scott said pastures were still trying to bounce back from September's saturation. The season was running about a month later than normal and many farmers were only starting into their second cut of the season now, he said.
Opportunity Knox for arty helpers

Jan 16, 2025 | odt.co.nz | Toni McDonald

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. SouthlandSouthland ExpressInvercargill Knox Church volunteers lined up during the holiday to complete a giant paint-by-numbers mural at the church's Wellington St entrance. After spending hours preparing the artwork's foundations, artist Tania Russell left volunteers to finish the 18sqm mural in her absence, while she returned home to Katikati for a holiday break with her family.
Not freezing, residents assure

Jan 9, 2025 | odt.co.nz | Toni McDonald

Friday, 10 January 2025 You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. SouthlandMetservice staff may be booking an appointment at Specsavers after an observation glitch reported a temperature of -33C for Stewart Island yesterday. Stewart Island resident Bruce Ford said he had not seen any tourists arriving on the island dressed in the service's recommended four layers of clothing.
Orchestra crew inspire children

Dec 5, 2024 | odt.co.nz | Toni McDonald

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. SouthlandSouthland ExpressGasps of amazement were heard from the Waverley Park School audience when they discovered Dunedin Symphony Orchestra (DSO) violinist Michelle Brown’s instrument was 209 years old. Six members of the DSO were visiting the school as part of its outreach programme, touring 30 Otago and Southland schools during the past two weeks.
Annual gift drive gains momentum

Nov 28, 2024 | odt.co.nz | Toni McDonald

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. SouthlandSouthland ExpressCity Impact Church leaders have been left speechless over the outpouring of public generosity towards their annual Christmas gift initiative. Campus pastor Roberta Watson said the Invercargill church’s annual gift packages had increased from 260 boxes last year to more than 500 this year. The church has run its Christmas gift campaign for the past 20 years.
Colourful fundraiser to boost canteen revamp

Nov 28, 2024 | odt.co.nz | Toni McDonald

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. SouthlandSouthland ExpressThe only thing that has changed at the Central Southland College canteen in the past 30 years is the menu, Home and School Association member Emma Hammond says. But in an attempt to change that, the group is holding a colour run fundraiser on November 30 to raise money to develop the "tiny" canteen.
Coastguard bar crossing roadshow highlights risks

Nov 28, 2024 | odt.co.nz | Toni McDonald

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. SouthlandSouthland ExpressRiverton's boating community are acutely aware crossing an estuary bar will always be among a boatie’s most dangerous manoeuvres. It was a move that should not be taken for granted — no matter how many times it has been done before, the New Zealand Coastguard says.
Founder bewildered by road safety funding cuts

Nov 28, 2024 | odt.co.nz | Toni McDonald

The founder of a successful road safety programme says funding cuts in the South will cost jobs and jeopardise lives. The Right Track programme founder John Finch was in Invercargill last week and said the focus in roading had shifted to potholes and away from road safety programmes. He said he struggled to understand the funding cuts to safety education initiatives when road accident deaths and injuries were costing the country billions every year.
Construction on barns near national park yet to begin

Nov 21, 2024 | odt.co.nz | Toni McDonald

Almost two years after receiving approval to build 7260sqm wintering barns near a national park, construction has yet to start. Scott Farming, which owns an organic dairy support farm immediately west of the Manapouri-Te Anau highway about 6.5km south of Te Anau, had sought a land-use consent from the Southland District Council to construct wintering barns. But its consent application proposal was met with 29 submissions opposing the construction.
Windsor shoe store to close doors

Nov 21, 2024 | odt.co.nz | Toni McDonald

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. SouthlandSouthland ExpressMore than eight decades after Windsor shoe shop opened its doors, Rogerson’s Footwear owner Rex Sinclair will close them for the final time on December 13. It would be the end of an era for the store which openedmore than 80 years ago as Pickford’s Boot Shop — in the days when footwear was sourced nationally.