Tunatuna the Murihiku portable pump track has been successfully opened at McGregor Park in Nightcaps today. It’s the second temporary home for the 57m moveable pump track after it was officially launched in Bluff in July. After the original opening had to be rescheduled by one week due to wet weathe
He has a cheeky wee smirk and a little boy’s playfulness but on the table he’s all business. He’s North Shore’s August Xiao, who’s been one of the star performers at the New Zealand Table Tennis Championships that finish at Stadium Southland in Invercargill on Sunday. Related: Junior Stars Ready to
There was plenty of Southland success at the Southland Indoor Championships for radio-controlled racers at the Wallacetown Community Centre on Saturday. Thirteen-year-old James Beck of Invercargill led the way with a win on debut in the TCR front-wheel-drive class with his Schumacher FT8. Never havi
Kiwi power boat racers are getting excited about the upcoming Grand Prix Hydroplane Thunder event at Glendhu Bay on November 4th and 5th. The inaugural event last year was a huge success, and Southland Powerboat Club member Jason Haggerty was among the participants. Jason races Grand Prix Hydroplan
Tunatuna the Murihiku portable pump track has been successfully opened at McGregor Park in Nightcaps today. It’s the second temporary home for the 57m moveable pump track after it was officially launched in Bluff in July. After the original opening had to be rescheduled by one week due to wet weathe
PowerNet is putting $210,000 into its St John partnership over the next three years, keeping free mental health training running across Southland and neighbouring regions while shoring up community access to defibrillators.
The electricity lines company has renewed its sponsorship of St John for another three-year term. The money
Voting places for the 2026 General Election are confirmed, and there's a hard enrolment deadline Southland voters need to know about.
More than 2,300 voting places will be open across New Zealand on election day, Saturday November 7. Advance voting opens Monday October 26. In total, 2,
The first motor race meeting of the 2026/2027 season at Teretonga Park in Invercargill takes place over the weekend of 17/18 of October.
The Saturday action will feature the annual round of the South Island Endurance Series, this year with the added bonus of being the final round
Tunatuna the Murihiku portable pump track has been successfully opened at McGregor Park in Nightcaps today. It’s the second temporary home for the 57m moveable pump track after it was officially launched in Bluff in July. After the original opening had to be rescheduled by one week due to wet weathe
Tracks and infrastructure on public conservation land in flood-affected Southland and Otago have held up well but visitors are still advised to exercise caution and keep up to date with relevant information. Department of Conservation staff have been assessing tracks and other structures across sout
At first glance, Nicole Yin and Thelma Mathieson don’t appear to have anything in common. After all, little Nicole loves chess, painting and playing the piano and she’s only 8 – “but my birthday is next week’’ – while Thelma loves gardening and is 84. So, there’s a difference of 76 years, plus Nicol
Local charity Learning Differences Aotearoa Trust has seen an 85% increase in enquiries over the past year, it says is in part due to increased awareness of neurodiversity. The trust, who run support programmes for tamariki, rangatahi and adults with dyslexia is receiving emails from all over the wo
He has a cheeky wee smirk and a little boy’s playfulness but on the table he’s all business. He’s North Shore’s August Xiao, who’s been one of the star performers at the New Zealand Table Tennis Championships that finish at Stadium Southland in Invercargill on Sunday. Related: Junior Stars Ready to
There was plenty of Southland success at the Southland Indoor Championships for radio-controlled racers at the Wallacetown Community Centre on Saturday. Thirteen-year-old James Beck of Invercargill led the way with a win on debut in the TCR front-wheel-drive class with his Schumacher FT8. Never havi
Kiwi power boat racers are getting excited about the upcoming Grand Prix Hydroplane Thunder event at Glendhu Bay on November 4th and 5th. The inaugural event last year was a huge success, and Southland Powerboat Club member Jason Haggerty was among the participants. Jason races Grand Prix Hydroplan
