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Windback to May 1999 when a crowd of 20,000 turned out to cheer the victorious Southern Sting as they paraded through Invercargill city Centre on their return from their victorious wind in Dunedin. Eight hundred Southlander’s boarded buses to cheer on the Southern Sting in the Dunedin final. Buses d

Auckland racer Connor Adam is first off the blocks in the chase for the 2018-2019 Toyota 86 Championship title and is highly motivated to put the disappointments of his last championship campaign firmly behind him and claim the top spot this time around. Entries for the championship – expected to be

Congratulations to Gina Crampton and Te Paea Delby-Rickit for being named in the new look Silver Ferns. Netball New Zealand is pleased to announce the 2018/19 Silver Ferns squad, along with the team to compete in next month’s Netball Quad Series. The national selection panel has confirmed a 17-stron

A Southland startup’s real-time machine learning concept focusing on regional museums has been accepted by Te Papa Tongarewa’s 2018 Mahuki programme. Doug Thwaites, Louise Evans and Rachel Butler are the founders of Mimicry Tech, which is joining nine other businesses, in a four-month accelerator pr

Alliance Group’s plan to recruit 100 overseas workers is a necessary move and representative of Southland’s increasing labour-force shortages, Southland Chamber of Commerce chief executive Sheree Carey says. As Alliance has indicated, its preference is to employ New Zealanders but significant shorta

Fonterra Co-operative Group (FCG) has announced that Miles Hurrell will take over as the Co-operative’s interim Chief Executive with immediate effect. Mr Hurrell is currently the Co-operative’s Chief Operating Officer, Farm Source – the unit responsible for working directly with the Co-operative’s f

This year the New Zealand Film Commission is celebrating 40 years of Kiwi film and as a major funder of NZ film, they want to thank Lotto players for helping make these amazing films possible! This month, Lotto NZ is hosting six special screenings of classic Kiwi films around the country – and we’re

Southland-based infant nutrition exporter Blue River Dairy plans to double sales next year through a new production line. Invercargill City Council Chief Executive Clare Hadley recently toured the plant and said the Invercargill company was experiencing phenomenal growth. Blue River Dairy General Ma