Malcolm Gayfer

With Labour Day and the first long weekend break in months approaching, Southern Police are reminding drivers in Otago and Southland to take extra care with their travel plans to ensure safe journeys on busy roads. Labour Day Weekend’s official road toll period officially starts at 4pm on Friday 21

Watch this space ! This well known corner site has been sold. Corner Dee street & Victoria Ave. Photo: whatsoinvers.nz Harcourts real estate agent David McKillop says the building and site was sold at auction earlier this week. While he couldn’t reveal what sort of coin was paid for the property Dav

Cycling fans around the country will have an unprecedented opportunity to watch free-to- air television coverage of New Zealand’s leading stage cycle race. Coverage of the 2016 SBS Bank Tour of Southland will be broadcast on TVNZ’s Duke channel (available on Freeview 13 or Sky 23) and also streamed

New research by the University of Auckland shows that 12 per cent more kiwi kids are meeting recommended daily dairy consumption guidelines since the introduction of the Fonterra Milk for Schools programme. The findings of the research were announced by the study investigator Associate Professor Cla

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