Mike Sanford

Perfect weather for an action packed weekend with the Summer Fuel Festival at Teretonga Park, Southland Pee Wee Champs at Oreti Park Speedway and Harness Racing at Ascot Park Racecourse. Summer is in full swing with very warm temperatures expected Saturday/Sunday & Monday with highs of 25+ degrees o

The Queens park castle has been given a fresh lick of paint and its looks so great, so we did some digging and now have before and after pics. As you can see the old grey and white has been replaced with lots of bright colours.

ACTION, GLAMOUR AND FUN AT CUP DAY It’s Cup Day at Ascot Park Raceway in Invercargill this Saturday with a fantastic programme of harness racing highlighted by the Ascot Park Hotel Invercargill Cup raced over 3200 metres for a stake of $40,000. The Cup is supported by a programme of ten other top cl

A decision by Independent Commissioner Bob Nixon regarding the granting of resource consent to construct and operate a new McDonald’s drive-in restaurant in South City has been released and the newly granted application is now within its appeal period. The applicant and submitters have 15 working da

Looking for a cheaper reliable later model car? The team at Robbie Baxter Autos on North Road have setup “Cars Too Cheap” in part of their yard, Owner Robbie Baxter says its to meet the changing expectations of car buyers and market place where local Southlanders want good priced cars right here in

Invercargill City Council has confirmed that Fulton Hogan has been awarded the contract for the Esk Street Mall upgrade and will begin the project on January 13, 2015. Emails and letters were sent to retailers today advising them that the first stage of the CBD upgrade will start next month, and wil

We take a look at whats stood out on the web for the day, if you find some interesting stuff message us the link. Who remembers the Rubik cube? The original Rubik’s cube (shown) was invented by Hungarian architect Erno Rubik in 1974 – but compared to the latest version, it has just a paltry […]

At 12:05 on Saturday we were away and racing as the annual “Christmas at the Races” officially started with the first race of the day, weather wise it was perfect not too hot but nice. Huge crowds young and old turnt out for a fun day catching up with friends, having a punt on the […]