Mike Sanford

After a brief hiatus last year Summer Sounds Bluff returns to the Gunpit in Bluff on Sunday 29 January. The concert begins at 2pm and entertainment will include 2020 Southland Musician of The Year, Darcy Kerr plus the talented JEM – Emmy Roderique, Jack Dempster and Michaela Leadley. The Gunpit has

An elite dance company of New Zealand’s champion highland dancers, renowned for performing innovative choreography worldwide, will perform an exclusive show at the 8th Te Anau Tartan Festival this Easter. The Highland Dance Company of New Zealand was to have been the headline act last year, but the

The team at Greenstone Entertainment are super-excited that the Summer Concert Tour is back for 2023, announcing a huge lineup of international acts who will be taking centre stage in February next year. Four fantastic international acts will star at the Gibbston Valley Winery Summer Concert, Taupo

Ten lucky Lotto players will be toasting a special win after each winning $25,153 with Lotto Second Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. One lucky player also won Powerball Second Division, taking their total winnings to $39,475. The winning Powerball Second Division ticket was sold on MyLotto to

Chris Hipkins is set to become the next Prime Minister of New Zealand after being the sole nominee for the Labour Party leadership. He has been a high-profile minister in the current Labour government, holding significant portfolios such as Education, Health, Covid-19 Response, and Police. The Labou

An Auckland couple was left reeling after finding out their Lotto ticket, bought on a whim with some leftover change, had won them $23.5 million. The Auckland couple, who wish to remain anonymous, are not regular players, but on a quick trip to the shops on Wednesday (18 January) decided to pick up

This weekend’s (20-22 January) second Super Sprint MotorSport New Zealand Championship event brings international drivers back to Invercargill’s Teretonga Park and joining them is Hayden Paddon and Emma Gilmour. Featuring a return of the Toyota FT-60 wings and slicks cars and drivers contesting the

Southland motorsport fans have a chance to see a return of top-level motor racing at Teretonga 20-22 January when the Super Sprint MotorSport New Zealand Championship touches down. It will be a return of the Toyota FT-60 wings and slicks cars race at the track – the distinctive safety halo being a f