Sport & Motorsport

The most iconic hill climb in New Zealand cycling produced one of its most dramatic finishes in stage six of the 2025 SBS Bank Tour of Southland today. When the dust had settled, Josh Burnett had claimed his maiden Bluff Hill stage win and retained the overall lead heading into

It has been another successful season so far for Southland Marching teams. Five teams finished in the top three at the recent South Island Championships, with the New Zealand Champs just two months away. Marching Southland publicity and promotions officer Sheree Hall said teams are back training after the Christmas

Southlanders are in for a treat this weekend when the Ascot Park Hotel Teretonga Park International meeting takes place at Teretonga Park in Invercargill. The best line up of international drivers for several years, the return of a competitive big banger saloon category, a great line up of support classes

Cycling loves a redemption story and Dan Morton provided a brilliant one on stage five of the rescheduled 2025 SBS Bank Tour of Southland today. The young Aucklander, a former junior world track cycling representative, was determined to do well on the 166km stage from Invercargill to Lumsden after a

With the 2026 National Basketball League season on the horizon, the Southland Sharks are aggressively building a contender. After a finals berth in 2025 that highlighted their potential but ended in disappointment, Head Coach Jonathan Yim has prioritized retaining anchors and adding proven winners. The result? A roster blending physicality,

Highly-rated Australian netball coach Jess Whitfort will bring extensive experience to the Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel this season. Whitfort, from Queensland, arrives in Invercargill today to link up with head coach Wendy Frew, creating a formidable pairing to steer the franchise’s 2026 ANZ Premiership campaign. “I’m most

The return of the Kingston Flyer and the iconic ‘Antlers Up’ featured on day four of the SBS Bank Tour of Southland as defending champion Josh Burnett climbed his way into the orange jersey. Burnett has made the stage from Mossburn to the Remarkables, near Queenstown, his own since winning

It was a bitter-sweet day for the PowerNet team on day three of the SBS Bank Tour of Southland today. PowerNet, with defending champion Josh Burnett on the books and a target on its back, managed to bank its first stage win of the week when Taupo’s Kiaan Watts