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Emma Timmis has broken the world record for running the length of New Zealand in 21 days – two weeks faster than the previous holder. Holding a bottle of champagne at the Stirling Point finish line on Friday night, her crusade from Cape Reinga started on December 18, and was led by an entourage of [

If you were going to be someone famous, it would pay to have an interesting name, but for Jago Byatt he doesn’t need to change a thing. The well-known rocker, singer, guitarist and songwriter has just recorded two new songs with his band Hoodaki. And the icing on the cake is that his clever 13-year-

New Zealand trail running star Ruth Croft will line up for her first Kepler Challenge mountain race in Te Anau this weekend. The 32-year-old ultra-marathoner has won a host of high profile events both at home and abroad and was one of the beneficiaries of the 60km mountain run’s Covid-19-enforced po

Take a private tour of the new Delorean production facility in Houston Texas. Where they are repair and build new Deloreans. The DMC DeLorean (often referred to as the “DeLorean”) is a rear-engine, two-door, two-passenger sports car manufactured and marketed by John DeLorean’s DeLorean Motor Company

Invercargill band The Terrace has received a whopping 3000 streams for its new single ‘Green Garden’ across all of its platforms since it was released only three weeks ago. Lead singer and rhythm guitarist Ailin Pekar said the response was “absolutely incredible,” and she was also surprised how many

With much regret and after 12 consecutive years, we must announce today that we are not going to be able to run our annual Summer Concert Tour in 2022.  We have been working hard behind the scenes and had confirmed a fabulous international line-up for 2022 some time ago. Covid restrictions lead us t

A giant pāua shell that is the pride of a small Southland town was destined for Trade Me before a concerned member of the community stepped in and saved the day. Now it is staying where it belongs — in the seaside town it was created. The Riverton pāua shell, which is lined with 1000 […]

The Chairman, Mr Rex Chapman, opened the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting at Bluff today with the introduction of South Port’s new logo and Māori motto which was recently adopted by the Port following extensive consultation with Te Rūnunga o Awarua. “Our purpose is ‘to facilitate the best logistic sol