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An opportunity to see the cars close up, get some autographs from the drivers and then watch the field take the Ceremonial Start this Friday on Esk Street, outside Invercargill Central in Invercargill will set the scene for the Barry Robinson Memorial Rally Southland which takes place on Saturday. The

A tsunami warning issued after Thursday night's earthquake near Te Anau has been downgraded to an advisory, after the quake's magnitude was revised from 6.3 down to 5.9. The National Emergency Management Agency says coastal inundation is not expected, but dangerous currents and unpredictable

The Eastern Southland Car Club have only ever organised one National Championship rally in their long history prior to this weekend – the Wrightcars – Hokonui Radio 4ZG Rally in 1984. That event was won by Inky Tulloch in a Ford Escort from Les Harris of Greymouth. Notably the man this weekend&

Whittaker's has gone full childhood nostalgia with its latest limited-edition block — white chocolate loaded with bubblegum flavouring and actual gumdrops. The Gumdrop Block hits supermarket shelves Monday. It's made with Whittaker's 28% cocoa white chocolate and contains five different gumdrop flavours scattered through the

Big weekend across the city. Friday night the Diagonals play Live in the Lobby at Two Doors Down, The Company take the stage at the Ascot Sports Bar, and Jetset headline at Waxy's. Saturday, the All Blacks take on Ireland on big screens across the city, The Diagonals

The Barry Robinson Memorial Rally Southland, Round 3 of the Brian Green Property Group NZ Rally Championship (NZRC), comes to the roads of the south this weekend and the best news of all is that a young Southlander leads the championship points for co-drivers going into the round. Twenty-three-year-old Hayden

Eighteen-year-old race driver Jacob Begg from Winton in Central Southland has received the opportunity of a lifetime as he heads to Europe to take up a testing and evaluation programme with Leipert Motorsport in a Lamborghini Super Trofeo Evo 2. It all started with an email that was almost too

A community group is demanding answers about a $3.5 billion AI data centre proposed for Makarewa, just north of Invercargill — and they're holding a public meeting to get them. The Southland Sustainable Resource Coalition has organised an information evening next Wednesday at 7:00pm at the Invercargill