Sport + Motorsport

One of the south’s foremost rally drivers during the early 2000’s, Mark McMillan of Invercargill, the second seed for Saturday’s Rankleburn Rally, is enjoying being around rally people again after a lengthy break from the sport. McMillan started his rally career in a Subaru Leone in which he placed

The first weekend meeting of the Southern Harness Racing season takes place this Saturday when the Northern Southland Trotting Club host the opening meeting of their season at Ascot Park Raceway in Invercargill on Saturday 10 October. The timing is great if you work weekends or have Saturday morning

SIT Zero Fees Southland Stags V Northland Taniwha in Whangarei Sunday 11 October 1.15pm Squad 1 Joseph Walsh 2 Greg Pleasants-Tate 3 Chris Apoua 4 Mike McKee 5 Manaaki Selby-Rickit 6 Charles Alaimalo (Blazer) 7 Matthew James (Blazer) 8 Tony Lamborn © 9 Logan Crowley (Blazer) 10 Scott Eade (vc) 11 Pe

Defending champion Carter Strang of Wallacetown and co-driver Stewart Robbie lead the seedings for the MLT/Heartland Hotels Ernslaw One Limited Rankleburn Rally 2020 this Saturday. The duo dominated last year’s event and are favourites again this year. Invercargill driver Mark McMillan will be the s

New Zealand Rugby’s welcomed the Government’s announcement that Auckland will move to Alert Level 1 this week. It means the second Bledisloe Cup test will be played at Eden Park next Sunday, as fans will be allowed to attend. The test would have been moved to Dunedin if Auckland remained at Alert Le

The countdown is officially on to the 15th Burt Munro Challenge, with registrations for the largest rally in the southern hemisphere opening today! Set to be held from the 10 – 14 February 2021, Challenge organisers are looking forward to welcoming new and returning riders, spectators and support cr

The Southland Stags have won at home, beating North Harbour 11 – 10 The Stags unbeaten at home so far in the Mitre Ten Rugby Cup. Today’s result will be a big boost for The Stags as they take on Waikato next weekend. Waikato were beaten by Tasman 34 – 17 in today’s earlier game.

The Rankleburn Rally is on again with a field of cars heading to the Rankleburn Forest in West Otago on Saturday 10 October. The event is organised by the Eastern Southland Car Club with support from MLT / Heartland Hotels and Ernslaw One Limited. Last year’s winners, Carter Strang of Wallacetown an