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The Southland Sharks have signed American point guard Daishon Knight for the remainder of the 2022 New Zealand National Basketball League season. Knight, who will be well known to southern supporters having played for the Manawatu Jets for three seasons between 2018 and 2021, will link with the team

The Lumsden Heritage Trust will be holding an official opening of the restored historic A class passenger carriage A199 at the Lumsden Railway Precinct on Queens Birthday Monday, 6 June 2022, at 12.45pm. The carriage A199, which is being used as an information kiosk, will be officially opened by Sou

Forty five keen cyclists raised $42,000 for the annual Westpac Chopper Rescue Appeal in May, by biking from Invercargill to Queenstown. Southland has played its part in the annual appeal for the past 11 years, and so far already raised $753,000 from its yearly 245km bike ride. Spokesperson Reece McD

The battle against ‘the gorse of the sea’ is off to a strong start after year one of the Jobs for Nature Fiordland Undaria Control Programme has come to a close. During the first year, divers removed 30,000kg of the invasive weed from more than 25km of coastline in Te Puaitaha/Breaksea Sound. The pr

A host of New Zealanders have been honoured for their service in the 2022 Queen’s Birthday and Platinum Jubilee Honours list. Among them are Tā Tipene O’Regan and Dame Silvia Cartwright, who have been made Additional Members of The New Zealand Order of Merit. Here is the full list of those receiving

At this week’s board meeting of Rugby Southland, Bernie McKone announced he has stepped down as Chairman for Rugby Southland. McKone will remain on the board as a director until the AGM in April 2023. This was a planned decision by McKone, stating he won’t be seeking a further term in April next yea

Southland Sharks Head Coach Rob Beveridge is recovering from a serious accident which saw him sustain significant injuries during a scheduled trip home to Sydney three weeks ago. Following the Sharks game against the Otago Nuggets, Beveridge returned home for a family function in Wollongong. One day

Southland’s Town Crier Lynley McKerrow is back, and she and her new husband have settled in Tuatapere where they recently opened an ice cream milkshake parlour. After 23 years in Invercargill, Lynley packed up and moved to the Waikato with Terry Hunt in 2020 – thinking a fresh start in the city wher