Mike Sanford

Southern DHB has launched its flu campaign and is encouraging its staff to take up the offer of a free influenza vaccination to protect themselves, their patients their colleagues, their families and their friends. “The aim is to increase the update of the flu vaccination by our staff from 61 percen

Te Anau’s fifth annual Tartan Festival is being held this Easter weekend starting on Friday (April 14) with a concert by Southland-based Celtic fusion band Pipeworkz. The group, with members from Invercargill, Te Anau, Queenstown, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin, have put together a new show fo

Basketball: The SIT Zero Fees Southland Sharks will face the undefeated Wellington Saints in Wellington on Thursday (April 13), on the back of the Shark’s Saturday (April 8) win (Sharks 100, Rangers, 73) against the Supercity Rangers, in Invercargill. The Sharks will then face the Hawke’s Bay Hawks

A new adventure race aimed at anyone from adventure experts to the adventure curious and everyone in between is being launched in Invercargill. The Arrow Adventure Race, run by Arrow International and the Southland Triathlon and Multisport Club, will be a two-day 12 hour challenge involving mountain

Legendary New Zealand broadcaster Keith Quinn has been confirmed as guest speaker for the 2016/2017 ILT Southland Sports Awards. The renowned rugby commentator will speak during the awards, which celebrate the achievements of Southland’s athletes, teams, coaches, administrators, officials and those

A brand new Indian Scout Motorcycle will be among items to go under the hammer during a major charity auction to benefit Hospice Southland in August. The auction event, being organised and promoted by Invercargill retailer E Hayes and Sons is being held to mark the 50th Anniversary of Burt Munro’s S

Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel firmed their position as title favourites with an eye-catching outing when overpowering WBOP Magic 72-59 in Invercargill on Monday. Back in front of their home faithful for the first time this season, the Steel showed the familiarity of their well-seasoned line-up wit

KartSport Southland will host this year’s KartSport New Zealand National Sprint Championships at Sandy Point in Invercargill this weekend (April 14-16). The KartSport Southland club regularly bids for major national meetings and has hosted the annual sprint championships twice in the past 12 years (