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Emergency services were called to an Invercargill industrial laundry about 1pm yesterday after a woman became trapped in a machine. Fire and...

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Oliver Cooper “felt a sense of calmness on the bench,” despite his Komets being down two goals with less than 2 minutes remaining Saturday ...

An Invercargill businessman is worried that international demand for logging is driving up the price of woodchips used to fuel eco-friendly boilers.

“One of the ladies who works here said, thank God, I will be able to pay my mortgage off in that four years. The relief on her face was just incredible.” The four years gave him time to adapt and redeploy staff to other areas when the smelter did eventually close, he said. The news was also welcomed by Ryan Harvey, the engineering operations manager of Invercargill based Sheet Metalcraft which does work for the smelter. “Its a great day for Southland,” he said. Harvey said the feel...