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Southern Pro Wrestling’s highly anticipated Battlelines 2023 event is happening tonight! The promotion has been generating buzz in New Zealand’s independent wrestling scene, and now fans can witness the excitement firsthand. The main event of the night promises to deliver a thrilling matchup between

Dancing, drumming and dramatic displays were all part of the atmosphere at the Southland Multicultural Festival on Saturday. Thousands of people packed out ILT Stadium Southland for the 13th annual event, which represented 33 nations. Southland Multicultural Trust president Neil Rumble said the even

Southern steampunkers have been invited to help run the Steampunk New Zealand festival in Oamaru this Queen’s Birthday weekend. The Southern Society of Steampunk Steamologists recently held its annual Teapot Racing carnival in Queen’s Park, and it has proved so popular that Oamaru organisers want th

The world of Southern Pro Wrestling has changed significantly since Covid-19, but following its sold out ‘Homecoming’ in November 2022, the boys are ready for the first big show of the year. Co-founder Marc Perry, who helped set up the training school in Invercargill, said post Covid they are almost

Southland’s A&P show is gearing up to be a huge success this weekend, to make up for the past two cancelled events in 2021 and 2020. Crowd numbers increased from just 1500 people in 2018 right up to almost 10,000 the last time it was held in 2019, and organisers expect this year to be […]

Vandeilson Santi has been appointed the new executive chef of The Langlands Hotel. The Brazilian national, better known as Santi, will take over the role later this month. He will direct the food creation across the hotel’s portfolio which includes the recently opened fusion restaurant, Meld. The ex

The winds of change seem to be blowing at TVNZ The broadcaster has decided that there is no room for the long running find-a- crim show after nearly 20 years of being on our screens, TVNZ say Ten 7 Aotearoa (formerly Police Ten 7) will end in April after 20 years of exclusive and unprecedented […]

Summer Sounds Bluff returned to the Gunpit on Bluff Hill on Sunday and so too did the crowds as good numbers turned out to be entertained after a one-year hiatus due to crowd restrictions in 2022 They gathered to enjoy the music of Darcy Kerr, JEM and BackChat with proceedings getting underway with