Entertainment

Wow, that was a bolt from the blue, the news through the week that the Queen of Rock n Roll, Tina Turner has passed away. Tina died aged 83 at her home in Switzerland after battling  illness for a long time. What a life she lead, the lows were about as low as one could […]

A group of SIT Bachelor of Music and Audio Production students will gain a first-hand taste of the realities of life on the road as musicians when they take on their own tour to some out-of-the-way places in the South Island. The group of eight students who are SIT SOUNZ 2023 and are in final […]

Hey there team. It’s that time again to honour those from the world of entertainment who have gone to The Great Gig In The Sky as Pink Floyd put it. Some we have already covered like Jeff Beck, Burt Bacharach and David Crosby. The list is at best extensive so here are but a few […]

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 […]