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Fiordland Marine Guardians have welcomed changes to fishing rules for the Fiordland marine area.

Environment Southland biosecurity and biodiversity operations manager Ali Meade (left) and integrated catchment management general manager Paul Hulse (centre) lend a hand at a Mid Dome volunteer day. PHOTO: ENVIRONMENT SOUTHLAND Work in Southland to target wilding pines has taken a hit on the back of reduced funding from the government.

International chef Tony Smith coaches his team — Margaret Magdurulan, Princess Docto, Madelyn Ma, Maria Pasang and The Langlands chef Neil Morales — on how the Big Glory Bay salmon is to be prepared at the SIT Bungalow Restaurant main training kitchen before the young chefs degustation luncheon at Hansen Hall on Sunday. PHOTO: TONI McDONALD Four years on, and the Pure South Famous Young Chefs Degustation Luncheon was again a sell-out event.

Te Anau. PHOTO: ODT FILES If Te Anau wants to continue the momentum from their bumper summer season than becoming New Zealand’s next tourist destination is how the town will keep things moving.

The Luxmore Industrial subdivision is well under way off Sandy Brown Dr, Te Anau. PHOTO: SUPPLIED Earthworks at the Luxmore industrial subdivision are progressing well, a development spokesperson says.

Jaime Randhawa encourages people to learn about Deaf culture as well as Sign language. PHOTOS: NINA TAPU New Zealand Sign Language Week is coming up and it is a chance to celebrate "an Aotearoa where anyone can sign anywhere".

The Ascot Park Hotel Brass Band and the Ascot Park Hotel Auxiliary Brass Band both won their sections at the Otago-Southland Brass band championships in Dunedin. Pictured are Lachie McGregor (APHABB) and Megan Gooding (APHBB) with the silverware. PHOTO: SUPPLIED Success was in plentiful supply for two Invercargill-based brass bands last weekend.

Flooding is the most common hazard affecting the region,Environment Southland chair Nicol Horrell says. A new system to alleviate Southland’s largest threat has been put forward by the regional council, but will come at a cost.

Fernworth pupils (from left) Mia Bristow, 7, Tekaea Cook, 10, Dujean Ruatara, 10, Karlee Skipper, 10 and teacher Tupau Salesa take a peek down the hole made in the floor of the Grace Street Project site where geotechnical engineers have been testing the building’s structure. South city children may be the key to how the community embraces the Grace Street Project, Fernworth Primary School principal Alison Cook says.

A new report is highlighting a broken food system where Southlanders live in one of the most fertile regions in the world yet struggle to get food on the table.

NCEA level one and level two results for Southland secondary schools were at a 10-year low. PHOTO: FILE NCEA results make for some grim reading in Southland with 10-year lows for pass marks in two of the three levels.

Multiple political parties have complained to Parliament's Speaker about Green MP Julie Anne Genter's outburst in the House. 

High-profile Canterbury dairy farmer Jessie Chan went on an emotional journey of discovery in an episode of David Lomas Investigates.

Lachie Jones A neighbour who helped search for a missing 3-year-old confirmed the boy’s mother said "he’s done me a favour" after he died.

Staff recruitment remains a headache for Kaikōura District Council. Photo: David Hill / North Canterbury News Key appointments have been made at Kaikōura District Council - but there are still gaps to fill as it struggles to find staff.

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Education Minister Erica Stanford during a school visit earlier this year. Photo: NZ Herald From next year, the government expects all public schools to teach students to read in a "proven structured literacy approach".

A Christchurch businesswoman and personal exercise coach is behind a popular fitness class disguised as a night out clubbing.

A meet-up of Invercargill boy racers left a person in hospital with lower body injuries when a car - believed to be deliberately skidding - crashed into bystanders.

Pro-Palestinian protestors and pro-Israeli supporters clash at UCLA last night. Photo: LA Times/Getty Images Mounting tensions on US campuses boiled over on Wednesday when pro-Israel supporters attacked an encampment of pro-Palestinian protesters at UCLA, hours after police arrested activists who occupied a building at Columbia University and cleared a tent city from its campus.

Comedy, intrigue and drama’s all in the mix for Remarkable Theatre’s upcoming Pint-Sized Plays competition.