Mike Sanford

This Saturday Riverside Speedway puts a full stop on what could only be described as an epic season of speedway action. Track commentator Daryl Shuttleworth said “the club has certainly taken the entertainment factor to a whole new level, and with some great ideas in the pipeline its only going to g

The $11.5 million dollar upgrade of the Branxholme Water Treatment Plant is due to be finished by mid-April, and will provide Invercargill and Bluff residents with cleaner drinking water, free of the summer-time muddy taste. Council Water Manager Alister Murray said the upgrade was only a couple of

The sold out signs are up for the 2017 Bluff Oyster & Food Festival on Saturday 20 May! All tickets are now sold and accordingly there will be no gate sales on the day of the event. While attendance is always close to capacity, this year sales have been unprecedented, with the full house sign […]

Fonterra ended the first half of its 2017 financial year with revenue up 5% on the same period last year, and net profit after tax up 2%. Results Highlights · Forecast Farmgate Milk Price $6.00 per kgMS · Forecast cash payout $6.40 after retentions* · Interim dividend of 20 cents per share – to be [

There are millions of reasons to pick up a ticket for this Saturday’s draw, as $8.3 million in prizes Must Be Won this weekend. Lotto NZ is making changes to Lotto, Powerball and Strike to make the games even better, with more Lotto winners and bigger Powerball prizes. To welcome in these game impro

The slimmest of margins was enough for Bradley Sharp and Lance Jefcoate to etch their names on the Peter Blick Sidecar Memorial trophy at Oreti Park Speedway on Saturday. After an epic battle which saw the lead change several times, just inches separated a trio of bikes on the finish line – Sharp an

The Riversdale and Balfour communities debated, danced, Mexican Waved, shouted and roared support for their teams in an epic War on the Waimea stage clash last Saturday night in the Riversdale Hall, netting the community an estimated $80,000. War on the Waimea was always going to be fierce between r

Eight of the world’s best watermen are starting to gather in New Zealand for The Ultimate Waterman 2017. The third year of The Ultimate Waterman will provide athletes with an event greater challenge as they tackle the spectacular, and often rugged, conditions of the Southland and Catlins coasts. Def