Malcolm Gayfer

Powerball and Strike have both rolled over tonight, meaning there is a combined prize pool of $14.2 million up for grabs on Saturday. Powerball was not struck this evening and has rolled over to Saturday night, where the jackpot will be $13 million. Lotto First Division will be $1 million and Strike

PowerNet has won a national award for its community sponsorship of St John in Southland. The Southland-based electricity management company’s entry was judged the best of four finalists in the national Deloitte Energy Excellence Awards community initiative category at a black-tie event in Auckland t

Southland stars and experienced dancers are set to rock this October as the hugely successful fundraiser “Rocking with the Stars” is back! Ronald McDonald Family Room, Southland Hospital are the chosen charity at this year’s Rocking with the Stars to be held on Saturday 29 th October at ILT Stadium

Southland Sports Car Club officials are delighted that New Zealand’s premier motor racing categories will return to Teretonga Park in Invercargill over the weekend of 21/22 January 2017. Only two South Island circuits receive rounds each year and with four circuits in the south it is a boost that th

The Catlins Coast Community Tourism Strategy 2016-26 is now a living document with the recent approval of all stakeholders. The new document follows on from the original strategy implemented in 2004. During the past ten years, the community has successfully implemented 80 of the 91 recommendations i

The entry of 2015 New Zealand Rally Champion, Ben Hunt, into the Catlins Coast Rally on Saturday 6 August is a huge coup for rally organisers. Catlins rally. Photo: Euan Cameron Originally from Nelson, but now living in Auckland, Hunt has been one of this country’s leading rally drivers for many yea

Southern motorists are urged to take extra caution again as we face varying frost conditions across our region. Emergency services are currently attending to ice/speed related crashes in Dunedin, Southland and Clutha areas. Police urge motorists to take care when driving into shaded areas, bridge cr

A much needed boost for the Southland dairy industry with news out  that a new dairy processing plant is to be built in the province. Mataura Valley Milk have announced plans to build a $200m  high tech processing plant at McNab, 7k’s north of Gore. State owned China Animal Husbandry is taking a sta