Comedian turned mental health advocate Mike King has been crowned Kiwibank New Zealander of the year. Mr King is an outspoken advocate for changing attitudes toward mental illness. Through his work with the Key to Life charity, last year he led a New Zealand speaking tour from Bluff to Cape Reinga,

Two lucky Lotto players will be feeling on top of the world after each winning $500,000 with Lotto First Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. The winning tickets were sold at Schofields Stationers Paper Power in Auckland and Wakatipu New World in Queenstown. Powerball was not struck this evening a

The government has proposed merging all 16 polytechnics into a single national institute and radically reforming industry training organisations. Education Minister Chris Hipkins said the plan was challenging but necessary for shoring up a sector that had suffered falling enrolments and multi-millio

The Oceania Cycling Confederation (OCC) is pleased to announce the 2020 Oceania Track Cycling Championships will be held in Invercargill, New Zealand, October 16-19, 2019. Having last hosted the Championships in 2015, Oceania’s best track cyclists will return to the world’s southern-most velodrome i

Hannah Morgan a Otago University student from Southland has crossed the challenging waters of Foveaux Strait and also raising awareness about mental health. Her official time was 8 hours 43 minutes for the approximate 32km sea crossing. Departing Saddle Point on Stewart Island at about 6:20am and ar

Southland District Mayor Gary Tong says he has no concerns about his relationship with the Chao Shan Association of New Zealand. The group’s chair, Yikun Zhang, has been under media scrutiny following allegations by former National MP Jami-Lee Ross about a $100,000 donation to the National Party. Th

While proven stars Eddie Dawkins and Natasha Hansen sprinted to the top of the podium, Southland teenager Corbin Strong upset more experienced rivals in an exciting points race on the second night of finals at the national track cycling championships in Cambridge. Strong, a member of the champion te

The operating performance for the half year was strong with total revenue increasing by 7.4% to $20.90 million. However increased repairs and maintenance, including the scheduled five yearly dry docking of the tug Hauroko ($838K expenditure) led to a reduction of 7.1% in net profit after tax. South