Malcolm Gayfer

Renowned dancer Jonny Williams, of Dancing With The Stars fame, will lend his expertise to an Invercargill charity event. Photo: tvnz Williams will join Suzanne Prentice and Raewyn and Gordon Hall on the judging panel for Rocking with the Stars, to be staged at ILT Stadium Southland on October 29. A

Planning is well advanced for the opening event of this year’s Burt Munro Challenge, the Bluff Hillclimb. Due to be held on Thursday 24 November the Hillclimb has received a boost with the news of a new major sponsor for 2016 – Classic Motorcycle Mecca. The timing of the event fits nicely with the o

Fonterra’s GM Transport and Logistics Barry McColl has been named Road Risk Manager of the Year at the Australasian Fleet Safety Awards. The award recognises his role in maintaining the safety of more than 1,600 drivers in 500 tankers travelling more than 90 million kilometres a year. Fonterra Direc

Multiple world speed record holder and media personality Guy Martin is to be the guest of honour at this year’s Burt Munro Challenge. Martin has a distinguished racing career that has seen him secure numerous titles and records including 15 podium finishes in the prestigious Isle of Man TT events si

NZTech head Graeme Muller predicts hundreds of driverless cars will be seen on New Zealand’s roads by the end of next year. He was commenting on the historic announcement today of New Zealand’s first research trial of a driverless electric shuttle which will begin next year.   Tesla Driverless car

Clutha-Southland MP Todd Barclay has welcomed the announcement today that a $15 million road safety engineering programme, designed to help keep all road users safe on key tourist routes in the South Island, has been given the green light. The funding, announced today by Associate Transport Minister

A major search and rescue operation in Stewart Island this weekend will be based on the unsolved case of a hunter who disappeared more than 25 years ago. Joe Freiman, a 64-year-old farmer, went on a hunting trip with three friends in May 1991. While the party were at the Mid Big Glory Hunter Camp, [

A third Rio Olympian has signed on to compete in the country’s leading stage cycle race later this month. Waimate cyclist Dylan Kennett will lead the Adair Craik Accounting Team in the SBS Bank Tour of Southland to thank the Oamaru accountant for the support she’s given him throughout his cycling ca