Mike Sanford

The Ultimate Waterman contestants head indoors to Splash Palace today (Saturday, April 8) with an underwater strength run and swim. Athletes will jump into the pool, grab two 25kg weights and run 25metres along the bottom of the pool to a 1metre wide zone, with the aim not surfacing for air. They wi

The SIT Zero Fees Southland Sharks are set to play the James Blond Supercity Rangers on Saturday (April 8) in game five of the National Basketball League at ILT Stadium Southland. The Sharks return home after two games on the road. Since 2013 the Sharks have been dominant at home with a 29-9 record.

Hundreds of Southland primary school-aged children are expected to converge at Surrey Park Athletics Stadium on Saturday (April 8) for the Southland Primary Schools Athletics Sports championships. The track and field event is scheduled to start at 9.15am with long jump and end with age-group relays

In what will be a New Zealand first, Transport World is proud to announce it is gearing up to launch its third attraction Dig This, Invercargill. Based on the hugely popular formula established by Dig This, Las Vegas guests will now be able to live out their wildest fantasies and operate heavy machi

Lotto players from Papamoa and Nelson might be booking a holiday to more tropical weather tomorrow after each winning $500,000 with Lotto First Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. The winning Lotto tickets were sold at Pak n Save Papamoa in Papamoa and Countdown Nelson in Nelson. Powerball was no

Fiordland has turned on spectacular conditions on day four of The Ultimate Waterman, resulting in plenty of change in the overall standings after five of eight events. Defending champion Zane Schweitzer (HAW) has beaten Caio Vaz (BRA) to take out the SUP surfing competition. However, Vaz has jumped

Police are now in a position to release the names of the two people killed in the microlight crash at Kaka Point in the Catlins on Sunday. They were 30-year-old Thomas John Evans and 26-year-old Jenna Frances Craig, both of south Otago. Their families have asked for media outlets to please respect t

Australian newcomer to The Ultimate Waterman, Jackson Maynard (Currumbin), has triumphed in his first outing at the event smashing his opponents in the Prone Paddleboard discipline today (Saturday 1st April). The Prone Paddleboard is the first of eight disciplines being contested over the next nine