A man has been found dead after a crash in Southland overnight. Around 6am, Police received a report that a vehicle had collided with a fence and left the road on the Tuatapere Orepuki Highway (State Highway 99), south of Jenkins Road. At this stage it is believed the crash may have happened some ti

The annual Southland Transport Invercargill Truck Parade held on Sunday with a huge turnout of spectators with a spectacular Southland day weather wise. Here are the full results. Check out photos posted by spectators below

Powerful Kiwi sprinter Eddie Dawkins produced a superb silver medal performance to light up the Vantage New Zealand team on the penultimate day of the opening UCI Track Cycling World Cup in Paris. Dawkins won silver in the men’s keirin after some commanding form in the lead-up, and being forced to c

A city man is in a stable condition in Southlands Kew Hospital after a stabbing believed to have happened in the St Andrew Street area early Sunday morning a media spokesperson said. What we know: the man sustained injuries to his neck police were now trying to locate the victim’s friend to find out

The elite men’s race is shaping up as a showdown between New Zealand’s best domestic based riders and a number of professionals returning from long overseas seasons as the Calder Stewart Cycling series hits Canterbury for its final double header weekend of racing. “It’s going to be an awesome showdo

Sport Southland staff members will put themselves well and truly out of their comfort zone during next year’s Kathmandu Coast to Coast. Chief executive Brendon McDermott, digital administrator Tessa Hewlett and Healthy Families Invercargill systems innovator Lauren Richardson will take part in the t

Commonwealth Games gold medal-winning mountainbiker Sam Gaze is looking forward to a ‘hot lap’ of the province when he makes his debut in the SBS Bank Tour of Southland later this month. The 22-year-old from Tokoroa is no stranger to road racing, but is better known for his exploits on knobbly tyres

Four-time Targa New Zealand event winners Glenn Inkster and Spencer Winn (Mitsubishi Evo 8) from Auckland head south this week as favourites to win this year’s five-day tarmac motor rally marathon from Invercargill to Dunedin and on to Queenstown which starts on Tuesday October 23 and finishes on Sa