New Zealand Rugby want to change the way the game will be managed as they attempt to halt the decline in player numbers and reduce operating costs. New Zealand Rugby undertook a review of rugby earlier this year involving all 26 provincial unions and five Super Rugby clubs, to ensure the sport remai

Southlanders are invited to attend another free public lecture on one of the most challenging issues in medical ethics by a Southland Surgeon and Associate Professor who wants to involve people in important health debates. The public lecture on Assisted Dying and End of Life Decisions will be held a

Just when the Southland Museum saga couldn’t get any crazier, it’s been revealed that SMAG (Southland Museum Art Gallery) who everyone was lead to believe were owners of the building, are not. The true owner of the museum building is Invercargill City Council as documented in the agenda for the ICC

Southland’s Corbin Strong has picked up a silver medal for New Zealand on the second day of the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Berlin. Corbin forms part of the Vantage elite team, which came second to Denmark with a time of three minutes 49.712 seconds in the final. In the past 12 years, N

The annual ILT Race Day hosted by the Invercargill Harness Racing Club takes place at Ascot Park Raceway in Invercargill this Sunday (1 March) and even losing tote tickets could put you in the running for a nice prize. On course patrons can drop their losing tote tickets with their name on the back

The Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel have announced a strong coaching line-up for the 2020 ANZ Premiership season. Head coach Reinga Bloxham and assistant coach Lauren Piebenga return for their fourth season, while Steel legend Wendy Frew returns to the team in an assistant coaching role. Frew will a

The board of Rugby Southland are pleased to announce the new General Manager for Rugby Southland is Steven Mitchell from Tasman. The board was pleased to receive a strong list of candidates from throughout NZ for this role and are delighted to appoint Steve after a thorough interview process. Mitche

Powerball was not struck this evening and has rolled over to Saturday night where the jackpot will be a record-breaking $50 million – and must be won. “The jackpot has reached a jaw-dropping $50 million and must be won this Saturday. If a single player is lucky enough to win Powerball, they’ll enter