Lindsay Beer
Tickets are on sale for a big weekend of motor racing at Teretonga Park in Invercargill on 3/4 December. A mighty line up of classes presented by Downer will see the OSCA Super Saloons, Historic & Classic Saloons Pre 78, South Island Formula 1600’s, Historic Formula Fords, Pro 7/8 Saloons, NZ Six Sa
Christmas will officially arrive in Bluff on Sunday 11 December when the annual Bluff Santa Parade and Christmas In The Bluff Gala Day take place. The activities commence with the Santa Parade, organised by Bluff Promotions. The parade will start at the top end of Gore Street (SH1) at 1pm, making it
It will be a big one. The Invercargill Harness Racing Club’s Cup Day takes place on Saturday 17 December and will feature the Ascot Park Hotel Invercargill Cup, a Group 1 race with a stake of $100,000, the first time a Group 1 race has ever been held in Southland. Backing up the Cup will […]
Southland Sports Car Club Patron and Life Member, Barry Keen, won a race at the very first race meeting at Teretonga Park in Invercargill on 30 November 1957. On Sunday he was back at the wheel of Jordan Michels Ford Focus V8 as the club celebrated 65 years of motorsport at the circuit. Keen had […]
Sixty-nine year old retired Army Major, Tony F Williams, is due to arrive at Stirling Point in Bluff at approximately 2.30pm today (Tuesday 15 November) having walked from Cape Reinga, a journey that commenced on 27 August. Tony has walked the length of the country to raise money for Doctors Without
A cool breeze did not deter around 35 people who attended the Bluff History Group’s Greenpoint Cemetery Tour on Sunday. That number included one lady who had travelled from Timaru for the event. The tour, part of N.Z. Cemeteries Week, commenced at the Lost at Sea memorial, an area created by the Blu
Teretonga Park holds the distinction of being New Zealand’s oldest permanent motor racing circuit on Sunday 6th November its 65th Anniversary will be marked with a club event. With the impending closure of Pukekohe Park Raceway in South Auckland it will also become the only remaining circuit that us
A new, unmanned, information kiosk in Bluff was opened on Thursday after a collaborative community effort worked tirelessly to bring the project to fruition. “Stunning” was one description of the kiosk which is housed in a former shipping container in keeping with the maritime theme of the town. Mic