News

Seniors from around the country descended on Invercargill this week to have a bowl and a ball.

The next generation of New Zealand hip-hop dancers took centre stage in Queenstown yesterday afternoon, in the 2024 hip-hop Unite New Zealand Schools Championships.

Seeing his mother diagnosed with blood cancer has brought home the reality of the disease for Taieri College head prefect Cameron Lord.

They only have a top speed of about 0.14kmh, but Dr Vandi Verma reckons they are the most exciting vehicles to drive in the entire solar system.

Kiwi rally star Hayden Paddon will take to the course this weekend in a special car unveiled in Christchurch last night.

One of the world’s most famous pieces of silverware weighed in at the Clutha District War Memorial & Community Centre Te Pou o Mata-Au (TPOMA) last week.

Lyra Parata-Mercer is being exposed to te reo Māori at just 9 months old.

Mosgiel's BMX track’s much needed facelift has been completed and the youth could not be more pleased.

It may look like a rugby ball flying around Logan Park ground, but members of the American Football Otago club are playing a different kind of game.

Bodybuilders travelled from across the country for the National Amateur Bodybuilders’ Association Otago Championships in Mosgiel over the weekend.

More than 180 dogs — and about 160 dog owners — took part in the Otago Canine Training Club’s 60th anniversary over the weekend at Forrester Park.

Mel Aitken built on her dominant legacy to chalk up another Dunedin Marathon women’s title yesterday.

Nelson runner Clinton Manderson overcame nagging cramp to win the open men’s title of the Dunedin Marathon yesterday in a reversal of results from last year.

Vicki Walls, of Rangiora, holds the supreme winner of the long-haired section of yesterday’s Southern Cross All Breeds Cat Show in Mosgiel — Lunacorn (Vladimir Leprechauns Craic).

About 100 students from Otago and Southland schools travelled to Balclutha to compete in a farming clash yesterday.

Schools and roads closed, power was off for thousands and a skifield shut due to avalanche risk after a snowstorm swept across parts of the South yesterday.

A big dump of spring snow caused major disruptions in the South today, but for some people it was an opportunity to get out and enjoy some cool times.

Using basketball to teach good values was the kaupapa (reason) for the ILT Secondary Schools 3x3 Basketball Tournament held at ILT Stadium Southland last Friday.