Monday 26 July marks the end of an era for Greyhound racing in the south, The Southland Greyhound Racing Club is holding its last ever meeting at its track at Ascot Park Racecourse. The end is thanks to the coalition Government imposing a ban on Greyhound Racing effective from 31

More than 60 trees in Invercargill's Town Belt are coming down starting next week — some of them planted 150 years ago. The felling is a direct consequence of October's extreme winds, when a 25-metre pine blew onto Elles Road traffic. Nobody was hurt, but councillors made

Two Auckland Powerball players split $40.2 million between them in Saturday night's draw — each walking away with $20.1 million. The winning tickets for draw 2606 were sold at Blockhouse Bay Postshop & Stationers in Auckland and online through MyLotto to another Auckland player. Each prize is

A new-look Southerner Express breezed into Invercargill railway station yesterday afternoon at the end of a two-day promotional run from Christchurch. Local dignitaries and invited guests saw the new layout for the first time last night during a return trip to Bluff. The revamped servicer operated on an existing timetable,

Two Southland drivers were caught over the alcohol limit this morning — not from drinking and driving, but from drinking the night before and assuming they were fine by morning. Both were pulled over in routine traffic stops for speeding. Both blew over the legal limit on evidential breath testing. One

Opponents of Southland's $3.5 billion AI data centre want Datagrid to show up and face them. Hundreds packed into the Invercargill Workingmen's Club on Wednesday night, concerned about the 78,000 square metre hyperscale facility planned for Makarewa. So many turned up that some were

The team behind Cheeky Llama café in Queens Park has taken over Kahu Ariki, the café inside SIT's Centre for Creative Industries on Tay Street — and they came in with a plan. It follows a busy stretch for SIT's café scene: back in May, Emmanuel and

The SBS Bank Southland Stags have named their side for a second pre-season hit-out against Counties Manukau in Auckland this Friday. Kick-off at Manurewa Rugby Football Club is 11.30am on Friday July 24, with Sean Withy leading the side as captain. The starting fifteen has Jack Barrett, Jack Taylor,