There were the usual thrills and spills and some great performances by local drivers as the Speedworks Motorsport Championship visited Teretonga Park on the outskirts of Invercargill this weekend. Saturday’s action was held in dry conditions before a wet day on Sunday which resulted in slippery cond

The South Island came alive today, when the annual nationwide Summer Concert Tour kicked off in Queenstown with international music artists ICEHOUSE, Alan Parsons Live Project & Bonnie Tyler performing to a 16,000 strong sell-out crowd at the Gibbston Valley Winery Summer Concert. This year’s line-u

Southland drivers gave their home fans some of the highlights on the first day of the Speedworks Motorsport Championship at Teretonga Park on the outskirts of Invercargill today. Local driver Brendon Leitch qualified third for the opening race of the weekend in the Castrol Toyota Racing Series and r

Plans for the Invercargill premiere of the movie Pork Pie have been downsized, from a fully fledged red carpet premiere event at the Invercargill Civic theatre to a screening at Readings Cinema. The premiere was originally booked into the Civic Theatre for February 1st. The screening will now take p

Police would like to thank members of the public who have provided information relating to the arson at Sandy Point in the early hours of Monday, 16 January 2017. From the information received, Police have revised the estimated time the arson occurred to being between 2 and 2:30am, not 3:30am as ini

Southern Police are reminding residents to keep their pets safe and to keep Police informed after two concerning reports were made from local residents in the last week. Acting Senior Sergeant Jared Kirk says two men were observed looking into properties in the Strathern area this afternoon, paying

A positive solution for Telford is one step closer with discussions between Lincoln University and Taratahi Agricultural Training Centre progressing well, Clutha-Southland MP Todd Barclay says. Lincoln University and Taratahi, with the support of the Telford Farm Board, have signed a statement of in

As New Zealand marks the one-year anniversary of its Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with South Korea, Fonterra Co-operative Group is gearing up to take advantage of huge potential for its dairy products there, particularly cheese. Since the FTA was signed in December 2015, New Zealand has experienced 16