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Leyton Haddleton aspires to be part of the Tall Blacks management squad one day but it’s the impact his mentors in another code had on him that have helped shape the way he approaches basketball coaching. These days a Southland Basketball Association development officer and coach from beginner throu

Sad news from the weekend with news that Little Richard had passed away. Little Richard came from that wonderful era of the dawn of Rock ‘n’ Roll with contemporaries like Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis and Chuck Berry to name a few. They say that Little Richard was the architect of Rock’n Roll. In my

Jerry Stiller, who played two of American television’s most cantankerous fathers on the sitcoms Seinfeld and The King of Queens, has died aged 92, his son Ben Stiller said. “I’m sad to say that my father, Jerry Stiller, passed away from natural causes,” wrote Ben, a Hollywood comedian who appeared w

The Gore District is well placed to restart its economy post COVID-19, says Gore District Mayor Tracy Hicks. His comments come after Zoom meetings this week with about 20 business and community leaders from health, commerce, retail and agricultural. The Council organised the meetings as a way to sta

The prime minister announced this afternoon (Monday 11th May) that from Thursday 14th May New Zealand will make a gradual move to level 2. Below is all you need to know about life under level 2. Moving to Alert Level 2 The Government has announced New Zealand will move from Alert Level 3 to Alert […

The Prime Minister will address the media at 4pm, following today’s Cabinet meeting. The government is announcing its decision on whether to reduce restrictions by moving to Covid-19 alert level 2, or stay in alert level 3 longer. Latest from the update: On Thursday this week, retail, cafes, malls,

Total number of cases in Southern as of 11 May 2020: 216 (confirmed and probable). 7 are active cases, 207 now recovered and two deceased. The most recent case in the Southern district was reported on 18 April. Since then there have been no new cases in the district. Two cases are linked to the St M

We’re one step closer to Level 2, but it will take businesses time to work out how these new restrictions will impact them and their customers. In the hospitality industry, restaurants could host up to 100 people, but the logistics of how that would work with social distancing was not yet clear. The