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With the borders open, a significant number of New Zealand cyclists are heading across the Tasman for a unique Oceania Cycling Championships. The championships comprise nine cycling categories which started with mountain bike downhill last weekend and finish with the road race on April 10, all in an

With a weather-eye on the immediate need for global points but with a desire to look to the future, Cycling New Zealand has selected a mix of proven and potential in the team to context next week’s track competition at the Oceania Championships in Brisbane. The Oceania Cycling Confederation has orga

Mayor Sir Tim Shadbolt is about to lose his fourth deputy in five years, but Nobby Clark isn’t going anywhere. In fact, despite the thyroid condition which has affected his speech, he plans to be more vocal than ever, back being an Invercargill City councillor. Nobby’s last day as Deputy Mayor is ne

Ardern is joined by Associate Health Minister Ayesha Verrall. Ardern says the traffic light system will remain help manage any future outbreaks. However, she says things have changed since the system was introduced: we’re now dealing with Omicron, rather than Delta; we have more data now and are bet

Southland showed that it is still a powerhouse in New Zealand cycling with some exceptional performances at the Track National Championships, contested over five days of intense racing at the Grassroots Trust Velodrome in Cambridge. The team claimed a national record, a couple of championship record

Update from Environment Southland Water Shortage Direction Amendment The Gore District Council is moving to level 2 water restrictions for Gore and Mataura, effective immediately. Level 2 restrictions include: Residents can water vegetable gardens, using any method, between 7:00am – 9:00am or 7:00pm

Great South has appointed Mark Frood as GM Tourism and Events for a fixed term through to June 2023. The appointment is to cover for Bobbi Brown, who is on secondment as project lead for Beyond 2025 Southland, the long-term planning project for the region as part of the Southland Just Transition wor

Rugby and netball are starkly contrasting sporting codes but physiotherapist Andrew Mackintosh is discovering plenty of similarities. Mackintosh has joined the ranks of the Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel this season, tasked with keeping the players in peak shape as the demands of the ANZ Premiershi