Returning Stags hero James Wilson can’t explain it but he believes he’s in better shape than when he first departed Southland to embark on what has become a storied overseas rugby career. Despite having just turned 35, and with 15 seasons of professional rugby behind him, Wilson is confident he’s a

New Zealand’s premier motor racing championship, the Castrol Toyota Racing Series will celebrate the start of its 15th anniversary season at the CRC Speedshow at the Greenlane Showgrounds on 21 and 22 July. Designed as a class to provide a stepping stone between junior single seater classes and inte

Premier Marist 41 – Blues Heading into the semi-final against Blues with some patchy recent form under their belt, Kelvin Hotel Marist were determined to put in a display that could help get them to the Galbraith Shield final. Playing at Rugby Park on a nice winters day the stage was set for a memor

The most competitive ENEOS North Island Endurance Series season to date comes to a close this weekend at Manfeild Circuit Chris Amon. Any one of the top 16 teams in the title chase are in with a mathematical shot of winning the Three Hour Series. Atop the overall and GT–B class leaderboard are CRC S

Okey Dokey team, hands up anyone who is going to see The Goddess of Pop in Auckland in September, or Australia for that matter? This week on Mal’s Music Memory, Live In July with Little Fire Music Works we have a track from that very goddess, Cher. I guess we all know that Cher has […]

Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) has a number of staff, students and graduates involved in the HP48 Hours Film competition Grand Final nominated team, Super furious Ninja Dragon. A few key members of this team being Matt Inns (Director), James Wilkinson (Cinematographer) and Steven Woller (Pro

Southland motor racing fans have another big season to look forward to in 2018/2019. Six race meetings are scheduled with highlights including the opening meeting of the season which will feature the exotic race machinery of the South Island Endurance Series, the annual Speedworks Events MSNZ Premie

Each year the Catlins Coast Rally, organised by the Eastern Southland Car Club, attracts exciting entries from far and wide and this year one of those is Mark Parsons of Drury, south of Auckland. His journey to the event, which takes place on Saturday 11 August actually started in 1990 when Parsons