Lindsay Beer

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

The Bluff History Group will conduct the first ever guided tour of the older part of the Greenpoint Cemetery on Sunday 6 November. The tour, part of N.Z. Cemeteries Week, commences at the Lost at Sea Memorial, an area which was unveiled in August 1990 and was a project promoted by the Bluff Communit

It has been a huge month for fast rising Southland motor racing star, Alex Crosbie. Fifteen-year-old Crosbie, a Year 11 student at Southland Boys High School, has spent time in Kuala Lumpur as part of the Ferrari Driver Academy programme as well as experiencing success in New Zealand. Crosbie, the r

Teretonga Park in Invercargill turns 65 years old next month and club patron Barry Keen has been there and seen it all from the beginning. The Southland Sports Car Club, which operates the circuit, celebrates its own milestone with a 75th anniversary next year and in the 10 years prior to the circui