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The Ascot Park Hotel Classic SpeedFest began at Teretonga Park in Invercargill today with the crowd enjoying classic racing between a variety of cars across six different classes. Related: Poignant Moments At Teretonga Park The Pre 78 Classic Saloon/HVRA race provided a great spectacle. Keith Davids

Autoplex is refining its operations to a five-day business after Waitangi weekend, as the company negotiates changes in staff as its older generation moves on. Owner Daniel Blain said Ian Hogg (74) would be retiring and another staff member reducing his hours, and so now made sense to drop back from

The latest achievement of the Thornbury Vintage Tractor & Implement Club will be celebrated on Saturday 17 February with an official function to mark the opening of the club’s latest addition to their Rural Heritage Centre in Thornbury. Invercargill MP Penny Simmonds and Southland District Mayor Rob

Classic motor racing takes centre stage at Teretonga Park in Invercargill this weekend with two full days of action as the Ascot Park Hotel Classic SpeedFest takes place at an appropriate venue, the country’s oldest motor racing circuit. Five classes of historic racing cars – Pre 78 Saloons/Historic

Reduced volumes across most of South Port’s key commodities, and inflationary pressure on costs have negatively impacted South Port’s financial performance in the first half of the financial year. “The agricultural and forestry sectors have been under significant pressure for several months due to p

Kiwi numbers are increasing in a remote part of Fiordland for the first time in the history of their conservation, thanks to recent aerial predator control operations.    The population of Fiordland tokoeka at Shy Lake is growing about 2% per year, officially turning the tide and reversing their dec

This is an official message from the Civil Defence Controller Simon Mapp Update – Bluecliffs state of emergency – #4 With the extension to the state of emergency for Bluecliffs this week, Emergency Management Southland continues to coordinate efforts for the Bluecliffs community. Related: Bluecliffs

As part of a joint operation targeting the supply of methamphetamine in the Gore community a woman has been arrested and a quantity of methamphetamine and cannabis has been seized, earlier this week. Police are working to target methamphetamine distribution in Gore after Customs noted an increase in