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The sold out signs are up for the 2017 Bluff Oyster & Food Festival on Saturday 20 May! All tickets are now sold and accordingly there will be no gate sales on the day of the event. While attendance is always close to capacity, this year sales have been unprecedented, with the full house sign […]

Fonterra ended the first half of its 2017 financial year with revenue up 5% on the same period last year, and net profit after tax up 2%. Results Highlights · Forecast Farmgate Milk Price $6.00 per kgMS · Forecast cash payout $6.40 after retentions* · Interim dividend of 20 cents per share – to be [

There are millions of reasons to pick up a ticket for this Saturday’s draw, as $8.3 million in prizes Must Be Won this weekend. Lotto NZ is making changes to Lotto, Powerball and Strike to make the games even better, with more Lotto winners and bigger Powerball prizes. To welcome in these game impro

The slimmest of margins was enough for Bradley Sharp and Lance Jefcoate to etch their names on the Peter Blick Sidecar Memorial trophy at Oreti Park Speedway on Saturday. After an epic battle which saw the lead change several times, just inches separated a trio of bikes on the finish line – Sharp an

The Riversdale and Balfour communities debated, danced, Mexican Waved, shouted and roared support for their teams in an epic War on the Waimea stage clash last Saturday night in the Riversdale Hall, netting the community an estimated $80,000. War on the Waimea was always going to be fierce between r

Eight of the world’s best watermen are starting to gather in New Zealand for The Ultimate Waterman 2017. The third year of The Ultimate Waterman will provide athletes with an event greater challenge as they tackle the spectacular, and often rugged, conditions of the Southland and Catlins coasts. Def

Police Update #1 SH1 at Woodlands to remain closed overnight – Woodlands, Invercargill  State Highway 1 remains closed at Woodlands, Invercargill, following a serious crash involving a truck and a car. The crash happened at about 9.15pm, leaving one person in a critical condition. Police advise that

There were some convincing winners at KartSport Southland’s Spirit Of A Nation meeting at the Invercargill Oil Shop Raceway at Pit Road, Sandy Point, Invercargill this weekend. The Sievwright Spirit Championships provided the last opportunity to gain racing miles prior to the KartSport New Zealand S