The referee who presided over the All Black’s history-making World Cup final victory in 2011 is coming out of retirement to lead an all-international referee line up for next week’s epic Pack the Park match in Invercargill (October 17). South African whistle-blower Craig Joubert was involved in seve

Two new local values for freshwater have emerged following conversations with people from across Southland in 2019. Environment Southland Chairman Nicol Horrell said “Through the Share Your Wai engagement campaign we learned that Community wellbeing and connectedness and Amenity and recreation near

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

Invercargill City Council Deputy Mayor Toni Biddle is today announcing that she has resigned from Council, stepping down from the table later this month. Ms Biddle said her decision was not taken lightly and it had taken some time to come to terms with. “My time at Council has been both incredibly f

Tim Watkin Tim Watkin, RNZ Series and Podcasts Executive Producer writes: Analysis – Newmarket’s gold mile has lost a bit of its burnish these days, with a number having been sucked into the new Westfield mall and others closed due to the Covid-19 lockdowns. Labour leader Jacinda Ardern takes a phot

Support for Labour is steady on 47 percent, while National has fallen one point to 32 percent in the latest TVNZ Colmar Brunton poll. ACT is on 8 percent, Green on 6 percent, and NZ First continues to languish on 2 percent, well below the 5 percent needed to enter Parliament. The previous Colmar Bru