Get your tramping boots ready – bookings for Fiordland’s Milford and Routeburn Great Walks will open on 18 and 19 August respectively. The Department of Conservation (DOC) is delighted to announce both the Milford and the Routeburn tracks will be open in full from 30 November for the Milford, and 7

The National Party has selected Joseph Mooney to stand in the Southland electorate for the 2020 General Election. Joseph Mooney is a senior trial lawyer and has built his own law practice in the Southern region. “I’m very excited to be selected as National’s candidate for Southland and I’ll be hitti

Today marks 50 years of driving buses for our good friend Peter Tetai. It began on the 28th July 1970. He was mistaken for a freezing worker who missed the bus when he turned up for his first day of of work at H & H. “I was the first Maori Boy to be employed […]

Wheels are starting to turn with the job of relocating the old Mataura Railway Station building. In June last year whatsoninvers reported that the Gore District Council voted to buy the old building from KiwiRail for $1. The building was surplus to requirements for KiwiRail although they still have

The Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel have bolstered their shooting ranks with former Tactix player Gemma Etheredge (nee Hazeldine) joining the group as an interim replacement player for Round 8. Etheredge comes in as cover for Trindidad & Tobago shooter Kalifa McCollin who sprained her ankle late in

Powerball was not struck this evening and has rolled over to Wednesday night, where the jackpot will be $34 million. “High jackpots capture the imagination of Kiwis all around the country and we know Kiwis will be dreaming about what they would do if they won $34 million with Powerball on Wednesday,

Recent political polls have the ACT Party sitting pretty on 5 percent meaning leader David Seymour could bring along five new friends to Parliament. Last night’s 1News Colmar Brunton poll has support for Labour at 53 percent, National at 32 percent, NZ First at 2 percent, and the Greens at 5 percent

Close to one million people visited Milford Sound last year, but that’s slowed from a torrent to a trickle as borders have closed. But Covid-19 is just the latest calamity to strike, coming off the back of devastating floods in February and even earthquakes. While many businesses experienced a welco