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A group of Southern women masters rowers took their skills overseas in November to tackle the Head of the Yarra race in Melbourne. Jacqui van Dam, Cecilia Russell, Katrina Allan, and Virginia Sweney teamed up with their original coxswain Paula Burke from back in high school, to enter their first

It’s been a great year for Mandy Jordan from The Mortgage Supply Co - with the team clocking over 100 contracts in 2024 and the years not over. Business has been strong because Southlanders are “amazing and resilient” and know that home ownership is a long term game, she

* Sixteen Lotto players win $20,439 each in Second Division draw. * Powerball Second Division winner takes home a combined $43,182 prize. * Lotto NZ's Christmas promotion offers $6 million in extra prizes this year. Sixteen Lotto players are celebrating after winning $20,439 each with Lotto Second Division

Police are continuing to investigate the death of Karen White, a 60-year-old Invercargill woman, who was killed at her Lake Hāwea home on 8 March 2024. Authorities have confirmed that Mrs White died from injuries sustained in a significant assault. Officers are currently interviewing multiple individuals to better understand the

The Invercargill Harness Racing Club’s massive Christmas meeting featuring the Group 1 Ascot Park Hotel Invercargill Cup returns this year on Friday 20 December. Since attaining Group 1 status and receiving a pre-Christmas date the meeting has gone from strength to strength with large crowds attending each year including

Opinion: Aquaculture has the potential to transform Southland’s economy, and I am a keen advocate of this new and exciting sector. It’s important for this province’s economic future that we boost export industries and create new jobs, and aquaculture has the potential to achieve this. In the

Two days of motor racing at Teretonga Park in Invercargill provided plenty of excitement over the weekend. Conditions ranged from warm and dry to a small number of wet races early on Sunday but no matter what the conditions the racing was superb. Steve Ross of Dunedin in his Jaguar

Katie Morgan overcame some stumbles and the unknown to secure her third straight Kepler Challenge title in Te Anau today (December 7). The English-born New Zealand mountain running representative from Wanaka comfortably won the 60km lap around the Kepler Track in 5hr 48min, finishing 15 minutes ahead of Frances Redmond