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Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel captain Shannon Saunders is set to etch her name into netball’s history books. The athletic midcourter is preparing to play her 150th elite national league game against the Te Wānaga o Raukawa Pulse in Wellington on Monday night, becoming just the 15th New Zealand pla

The Southland Charity Hospital is thrilled to announce their latest fundraiser, the Mustang Prize Draw.  The prize draw started on Saturday the 26th of February and runs through to the 12th of May 2022.  Tickets for the draw are available online or as books of ten printed tickets. All funds raised f

The SBS Bank Southland Stags are pleased to announce they have signed rapid outside back Michael Manson. Manson, 21, is playing for Invercargill Blues this Go Bus Senior Club Rugby Season and is no stranger to the south, growing up in Invercargill. The former Otago Boys High School student has an im

The Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel has been forced to initiate its contingency plan due to Covid-19 ahead of this weekend’s ANZ Premiership double header. The Steel is scheduled to play the Splice Construction Magic in Rotorua on Saturday before taking on the Te Wānaga o Raukawa Pulse in Wellington

Six crews have been working hard on the Awarua fire ground today, with the support of six helicopters. Today’s weather forecast predicts light showers with possible wind from the afternoon. The fire has not increased significantly and remains around 1370ha in size with a perimeter of 26km. Incident

Labour’s Invercargill MP Liz Craig needs to reflect on who she’s representing in Parliament as she blocks a briefing into Government mental health funding, in her role as chair of the Health Select Committee, Invercargill MP Penny Simmonds says. “As Health Select Committee chair this was Dr Craig’s

This weekend will see the final action of the 2021/2022 motorsport season at Teretonga Park in Invercargill. Motor racing presented by Downer takes centrestage on Saturday 9 April with a club meeting while Sunday sees the Evolution Motorsport ClubSport Triathlon at the track. Saturday’s racing will

Two lucky Lotto players will be celebrating tonight after each winning $500,000 with Lotto First Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. The winning First Division tickets were sold at City Mini Market Dunedin in Dunedin and Pioneer New World in Palmerston North. Powerball was not struck this evening