Defending Tour of Southland champion James Piccoli proved just what a tough bike rider he is with victory on Bluff Hill today. The Canadian’s chances of going back-to-back in the SBS Bank-sponsored race fell flat, quite literally, at the bottom of Coronet Peak in a spectacular crash on Wednesday, bu

Two significant changes have this week occurred to the way in which the Invercargill City Council appoints directors to Invercargill City Holdings Limited (Holdco) and its subsidiaries. Council Chief Executive Clare Hadley said Council, in July, resolved that the Director Appointments Panel, which r

The Southland Sports Car Club is offering free entry to all spectators at this Sunday’s motor racing at Teretonga Park. The meeting, presented by Downer, will feature the opening round of the Noel McIntyre Drainage Clubmans Saloons plus Sports & Racing Car races and the club is planning a quickfire

Leading food company Alliance Group has distributed $1.73 million to shareholders to reward their loyalty. The co-operative’s Platinum and Gold shareholders, who supply 100 per cent of their stock to the co-operative, have received the quarterly payments, which cover the period July-September 2018.

10:44am UPDATE: SH 6 Queenstown to Lumsden – Crash – Delays – ROAD OPEN – The road is now open to one lane at the intersection of Allandale Road. Stop / Go traffic management is in place. Road users are advised to expect significant delays. One person has died in a serious collision between a […]

Leading food company Alliance Group has won two major food awards for its premium TE MANA LAMB. TE MANA LAMB, developed as part of The Omega Lamb Project, won the New Zealand Food Safety Primary Sector Products and Frozen categories at the New Zealand Food Awards, which showcases the best of New Zea

Michael Vink came into this year’s Tour of Southland under the radar, but that has all changed now. The 26-year-old Cantabrian made the torturous 12km Coronet Peak climb look like an escalator at the end of a 138km stage from Mossburn to Queenstown today to take a 1min 20sec lead overall at the midw

Over 2000 city schoolchildren will be treated to a performance of The Messy Magic Adventure next month, thanks to some passionate arts advocates. Jade Gillies, of Gillies Creative, and Sarah McCarthy, of McCarthy Media and Communication, both of whom are involved in the Invercargill theatre communit