Lindsay Beer

The President of the Eastern Southland Car Club (ESCC), Nigel King of Rakahouka, will have a foot in two camps when the club hosts the Barry Robinson Memorial Rally Southland, Round 3 of the Brian Green Property Group NZ Rally Championship (NZRC), on Saturday 18 July. Not only is he

Preparations are proceeding well for the popular Thieves Alley Market / Bluff Promotions Night Market and Fire & Light Show on Saturday 11 July at the Bluff Oyster & Food Festival site. Spokesperson Frazer Murdoch says last year's crowd "exceeded expectations" and this year there is "

Andrew Graves of Gore has achieved much success in rallying as both a driver and co-driver but it is as a driver that he has entered the Barry Robinson Memorial Rally Southland, Round 3 of the Brian Green Property Group NZ Rally Championship (NZRC) on Saturday 18 July. Graves has

Last year Caleb Macdonald of Queenstown and co-driver Larisa Biggar of Australia won the Barry Robinson Memorial Wyndham Rally. It was Macdonald's first outright rally win and the second overall rally victory for Biggar in a season where they also won the NZ Rally Challenge Championship. This year

The New Zealand Rally Championship returns to the roads of Southland in July when the Barry Robinson Memorial Rally Southland takes place. Organised by the Eastern Southland Car Club the event will take place on Saturday 18 July with a ceremonial start scheduled for Friday 17 July at Invercargill Central

The 2026 Bluff Oyster & Food Festival took place in Bluff on Saturday with the usual combination of Bluff Oysters, food, beverage, entertainment and music after overcoming several challenges including early doubts about the availability of the Bluff Oyster. The gates opened at 10.30am allowing those queuing outside to

The 2026 Bluff Oyster & Seafood Festival on Saturday 23 May could be the last! Unless this year's event attracts a capacity crowd there may be no option but to wind up the event say's Festival Chairman, John Edminstin. Edminstin says, "a range of factors

Haylee Mitiwai of Invercargill became the latest winner of a diamond ring when the Invercargill Harness Racing Club’s annual Diamonds Day race meeting took place at Ascot Park Raceway in Invercargill on Sunday.  The prize of a diamond ring, supported by Coats & Schuck Jewellers and the Invercargill Harness