Southland Express
Double bunking likely for 2027
Critical student accommodation shortages have forced the Southern Institute of Technology to require international students to share rooms in 2027 and prompted a fresh look at its shelved 120bed accommodation development beside the Kelvin...
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Region upskills for billiondollar industrial boom
As Southland sits on the brink of a multibilliondollar industrial boom, training organisations are gearing up to prepare the workforce needed for the region’s major developments. SIT chief executive Bharat Guha said the institute had completed a...
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Housing options investigated
Floating accommodation, private housing and a flyin workforce are some of the options being explored to meet the housing needs of thousands of workers required for Southland’s major construction projects. Great South regional strategy general manager...
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Bluff to anchor blue economy
Aquaculture is set to have “transformational economic impact” on Southland over the next 1030 years, business leaders heard on Tuesday. Great South regional strategy general manager Bobbi Brown said recent developments had moved the sector from...
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Housing demand to rise
Civic leaders face a delicate balancing act as they grapple with Southland’s capacity to house the thousands of workers projected to be needed for a series of major industrial developments. Southland District Mayor Rob Scott said he had been asking...
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Truck stop a safety hazard
Calls to lower the speed limit on a stretch of Bluff Highway are falling on deaf ears. Former Clifton residents Tony and Debra Maheno want the speed limit reduced on the highway at Clifton before a serious crash occurs. “I can’t believe more...
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Cruising to the South
More than 6000 passengers will spend Christmas Day in Fiordland this year as Southland bucks the national trend of declining cruise numbers. It will be the harbour’s busiest day of the 202627 cruise season, with 6435 passengers aboard the cruise...
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The healthy teeth battle
While some soldiers have been practising how to sneak up on the enemy, others have been helping children win a battle of another kind. Nearly 500 New Zealand Army and Australian Army Reserve personnel camped near Gore last week for 10 days of field...
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Outstanding in his field
Southland dairy farmer Tom Slee says it is a ‘‘surreal’’ feeling to be crowned New Zealand’s top young farmer. The 29yearold dairy farmer from Tuatapere claimed the title of FMG Young Farmer of the Year in New Plymouth on Saturday night following a...
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Assistance for rates supported
Postponed rates payments and loans to improve properties could be on the horizon for Invercargill ratepayers. The options form part of a rates assistance scheme, which has been agreed on in principle by most of the Invercargill City...
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