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New FreshChoice Supermarket Opens In The South
New FreshChoice Supermarket Opens In The South
Business   -   Jun 16, 2026

Invercargill’s first FreshChoice supermarket (and the fourth for Southland) officially opened this morning (Wednesday June 17), and the public are invited to join in the celebrations. Owner-operator Jigs Buha says the 57-year-old supermarket in Yarrow Street, rebranded from SuperValue Plaza, has been given a complete makeover. “It will blow

Rocket Lab Founder Jumps to $11b Fortune
Rocket Lab Founder Jumps to $11b Fortune
Business   -   Jun 15, 2026

New Zealand now has 26 billionaires, eight more than last year, with the tech sector driving most of the growth. The National Business Review's annual rich list found the country's wealthiest people are collectively worth $129 billion, up from $102 billion in 2025. Zuru Toys co-founders

Leitch and Pires Surge Into GT Championship Lead
Leitch and Pires Surge Into GT Championship Lead
Sport + Motorsport   -   Jun 15, 2026

Brendon Leitch and Sergio Pires have jumped into the lead of the GT World Challenge Australia championship after a dominant weekend at Queensland Raceway. The Geyer Valmont Racing by Tigani Motorsport pair finished third and first across the two 60-minute races at Ipswich, vaulting from fifth in the standings to

New Airport Café Opens June 28
New Airport Café Opens June 28
Business   -   Jun 15, 2026

Invercargill Airport is getting a new café operator. Jerin Nadar, who runs Salt restaurant and previously operated Main Street Café and Eat on Windsor, will take over the terminal café from Sunday June 28, 2026. The space will be rebranded as Hangar 106 with a refreshed look and updated food

What Makes Us Really Cry at Funerals
What Makes Us Really Cry at Funerals
News   -   Jun 15, 2026

"I am more of a funeral kind of man than a wedding kind of man." These were the opening lines of my dad's speech at my wedding — true story! As we waited with bated breath for the speech to unfold, it was either going to be

New FreshChoice Supermarket Opens In The South
Business   -   Jun 16, 2026 New FreshChoice Supermarket Opens In The South

Invercargill’s first FreshChoice supermarket (and the fourth for Southland) officially opened this morning (Wednesday June 17), and the public are invited to join in the celebrations. Owner-operator Jigs Buha says the 57-year-old supermarket in Yarrow Street, rebranded from SuperValue Plaza, has been given a complete makeover. “It will blow

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New FreshChoice Supermarket Opens In The South
New FreshChoice Supermarket Opens In The South
Business   -   Jun 16, 2026

Invercargill’s first FreshChoice supermarket (and the fourth for Southland) officially opened this morning (Wednesday June 17), and the public are invited to join in the celebrations. Owner-operator Jigs Buha says the 57-year-old supermarket in Yarrow Street, rebranded from SuperValue Plaza, has been given a complete makeover. “It will blow

Hospice Shop Moving To Former Hunting & Fishing Building
Hospice Shop Moving To Former Hunting & Fishing Building
Business   -   Jun 15, 2026

Hospice South is opening a flagship retail store in the former Hunting & Fishing building. Reloved will consolidate the charity's existing Invercargill shops into one central location, designed to boost efficiency and make donations easier. Chief Executive Pete Thompson said the move was a strategic investment in both

MBIE Blew $30m and Hid It From Ministers
MBIE Blew $30m and Hid It From Ministers
News   -   Jun 15, 2026

Immigration Minister Erica Stanford has accused her own ministry of deliberately withholding information from ministers and using creative accounting to hide cost blowouts on a failed technology project that wasted more than $30 million of taxpayer money. Stanford made the comments at a parliamentary Scrutiny Week hearing on Tuesday, alongside

Police Seek Witnesses to Gore House Fire
Police Seek Witnesses to Gore House Fire
Southland   -   Jun 15, 2026

Police are treating a house fire in Gore as suspicious and want witnesses to come forward. Emergency services were called to Lawrence Street around 5am on Friday June 12 after the property caught fire. No one was injured. Southland Area Response Manager Senior Sergeant Gary Iddenten said the fire has

Rocket Lab Founder Jumps to $11b Fortune
Rocket Lab Founder Jumps to $11b Fortune
Business   -   Jun 15, 2026

New Zealand now has 26 billionaires, eight more than last year, with the tech sector driving most of the growth. The National Business Review's annual rich list found the country's wealthiest people are collectively worth $129 billion, up from $102 billion in 2025. Zuru Toys co-founders

Leitch and Pires Surge Into GT Championship Lead
Leitch and Pires Surge Into GT Championship Lead
Sport + Motorsport   -   Jun 15, 2026

Brendon Leitch and Sergio Pires have jumped into the lead of the GT World Challenge Australia championship after a dominant weekend at Queensland Raceway. The Geyer Valmont Racing by Tigani Motorsport pair finished third and first across the two 60-minute races at Ipswich, vaulting from fifth in the standings to

New Airport Café Opens June 28
New Airport Café Opens June 28
Business   -   Jun 15, 2026

Invercargill Airport is getting a new café operator. Jerin Nadar, who runs Salt restaurant and previously operated Main Street Café and Eat on Windsor, will take over the terminal café from Sunday June 28, 2026. The space will be rebranded as Hangar 106 with a refreshed look and updated food

What Makes Us Really Cry at Funerals
What Makes Us Really Cry at Funerals
News   -   Jun 15, 2026

"I am more of a funeral kind of man than a wedding kind of man." These were the opening lines of my dad's speech at my wedding — true story! As we waited with bated breath for the speech to unfold, it was either going to be

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