In the first extra time decider of the 2022 season, the Ascot Park Hotel Steel shocked Te Wānanga o Raukawa Pulse with a 66-63 victory, when all seemed to be going against them. In the only game played in another round disrupted by the pandemic, the home side Pulse looked to have the measure of […]

After being called into the SBS Bank Southland Stags last season as a loan player from Otago, three cap Stag Ben Morris has signed for the SBS Bank Southland Stags in the 2022 Bunnings NPC. The 197cm lock Christs College Alumni from Cheviot came to the rescue last season following several injuries i

Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel captain Shannon Saunders is set to etch her name into netball’s history books. The athletic midcourter is preparing to play her 150th elite national league game against the Te Wānaga o Raukawa Pulse in Wellington on Monday night, becoming just the 15th New Zealand pla

The Southland Charity Hospital is thrilled to announce their latest fundraiser, the Mustang Prize Draw.  The prize draw started on Saturday the 26th of February and runs through to the 12th of May 2022.  Tickets for the draw are available online or as books of ten printed tickets. All funds raised f

The SBS Bank Southland Stags are pleased to announce they have signed rapid outside back Michael Manson. Manson, 21, is playing for Invercargill Blues this Go Bus Senior Club Rugby Season and is no stranger to the south, growing up in Invercargill. The former Otago Boys High School student has an im

The Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel has been forced to initiate its contingency plan due to Covid-19 ahead of this weekend’s ANZ Premiership double header. The Steel is scheduled to play the Splice Construction Magic in Rotorua on Saturday before taking on the Te Wānaga o Raukawa Pulse in Wellington

Six crews have been working hard on the Awarua fire ground today, with the support of six helicopters. Today’s weather forecast predicts light showers with possible wind from the afternoon. The fire has not increased significantly and remains around 1370ha in size with a perimeter of 26km. Incident

Labour’s Invercargill MP Liz Craig needs to reflect on who she’s representing in Parliament as she blocks a briefing into Government mental health funding, in her role as chair of the Health Select Committee, Invercargill MP Penny Simmonds says. “As Health Select Committee chair this was Dr Craig’s