It was a chilly day but the crowds still turned out for the 2018 Bluff Oyster & Food Festival in Bluff on Saturday 26th May Tickets had sold out by early February and people came from all over New Zealand and beyond including on board Air New Zealand day trips from Auckland and Wellington. The [

Something different for a Sunday a famous Benny Hill song and skett/video “Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)” Presented thanks to our friends at Farm Fresh South the REAL raw milk people milk people. Did you know you can get you milk delivered in glass bottles? Find out more or sign up for hom

There was to have been two premier grade rugby league games last Saturday at Invercargill – But Winton City / Defaulted to He Tauaa RLC . The other game went ahead between Cowboys RLC and Cooks RLC . The game was played in very wet and cold conditions at Elles Road. The game commenced at […]

Southland driver Liam MacDonald was in Wellington attending the 71st Motorsport New Zealand Awards on Saturday night. Liam formally received the NZV8TC Class 2 Championship Award, cementing the top honours for the second year in a row. “What a great night for all and congratulations to all other rec

Invercargill features strongly amongst the finalists named for the 2018 Speedway New Zealand Awards. Oreti Park Speedway’s flagship event the Burt Munro Challenge Speedway Spectacular has been named a finalist for Individual Event of the Year. Talented duo Aiden Thwaites and Shane Twiss are in the r

The 2018 Bluff Oyster & Food Festival is on again, with another great day planned on Saturday 26 May for those fortunate enough to have secured tickets. The big attraction, the iconic Bluff Oyster, will be in plentiful supply along with a myriad of other succulent southern seafood and non-seafood tr

The future direction of the Southland Museum and Art Gallery (SMAG) will be decided in the next six months as a wide-ranging review of the organisation, facilities and operations gets underway. Strategic planner Tim Walker, who was instrumental in the development of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa

Golf Southland is planning for the future and are conducting a survey that represents one step in their long term planning process. If you are involved in golf in the Southland region and you are passionate about seeing it grow, this survey will allow you to have your say on what direction to be tak