Sport + Motorsport

Southland racer Brendon Leitch will be aiming squarely for the title in the biggest domestic single seater series in his country – the Castrol Toyota Racing Series – when he takes part in his sixth straight campaign in the championship in 2019. Leitch (23) of Invercargill, won races in the category

It was almost becoming a regular occurrence – the sound of a Formula 1 racing car blasting around Teretonga Park near Invercargill on a Friday afternoon. For the last two Friday’s the shrill sound of a Ford Cosworth V8 has echoed around the country’s oldest motor racing circuit powering a mid-1990’s

Rugby Southland has appointed Dave Hewett as the organisation’s new Director of Coaching and SIT Zero Fees Southland Stags coach. Hewett will oversee Rugby Southland’s high-performance programme which will include coaching the SIT Zero Fees Southland Stags in 2018 and 2019. Rugby Southland General M

A talented trio of southern netball’s young guns will be immersed in the Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel squad next season.  Steel head coach Reinga Bloxham has named three official training partners to join the pre-season phase of the 2018 ANZ Premiership title defence – formidable defender Taneish

As the 2018 installment of New Zealand’s infamous two-wheeled action-sports event – the Farm Jam – approaches, organisers are working overtime to ensure February 3 will build on the raging success of the last version in 2016. With a number of the world’s best riders confirmed, revamped courses and n

Question: What do global digital information giants such as Google and Facebook have in common with the Southern Steel netball franchise? Answer: Brainpower. Or, more precisely, computer power. Companies such as Google, Facebook and Uber have used machine learning to understand human behaviour. So,

All the big guns of New Zealand motorsport as well as some of the most exciting young single seater talents from around the globe will return to Teretonga Park in Invercargill over the weekend of 19-21 January 2018. The Speedworks Events MSNZ Championship event will showcase the premier classes of N

The Southland Sharks face a tough start to next year’s New Zealand National Basketball League, with two away back-to-back double header weekends to open the 2018 season. The NBL today released the draw for next season with the SIT Zero Fees-sponsored Sharks scheduled to play the 2018 NBL season-open