8+ hour, 54+ min ago  (294+ words) In February, Collegiate upgraded their shower block and plans to renovate the toilet facilities after the rugby season. The team took their place as one of the 16 teams in the combined division two and three grade for the first phase…...

8+ hour, 43+ min ago  (150+ words) Steered by award-winning director Aimee Marshall and featuring performances by award winners Maggie Watts and Taylor Barrett, Constellations is a beautiful and emotional, "what if?" story that highlights the enormity of small choices. Audiences were in for a treat with…...

8+ hour, 1+ min ago  (253+ words) Mr Pryde has been the owner and chef of Aparima Restaurant and Bar for four years. His dish of Foveaux Strait blackfoot p'ua arancini is one of five dishes from around New Zealand to make the final. He said the…...

9+ hour, 8+ min ago  (320+ words) Nick Kergozou, Tom Sexton and Marshall Erwood will be part of a 19-strong team to contest track cycling events. At present Sexton and Erwood are competing overseas while Kergozou trains in Cambridge. Kergozou said attending the Games was special, knowing…...

8+ hour, 7+ min ago  (174+ words) The week's activities were organised by Inspired Faith Church members. Church pastor Patrick Laban said the group always celebrated Independence Day at King's Birthday even though it was January 1, 1962, when Samoa gained independence from New Zealand. Those who gathered to…...

11+ hour, 28+ min ago  (300+ words) Canterbury, Otago and Fiordland is the backdrop to Paramount Pictures" Heart of the Beast, starring Oscar-winner Brad Pitt and New Zealand mountain rescue dog Uber. The movie"s first trailer is due to be released today. The survival drama, directed…...

8+ hour, 4+ min ago  (557+ words) Dawn Raid, written by Pauline (Vaeluaga) Smith and published in 2018, told the story of Sofia Savea and her family who were living in the days when Polynesian families in New Zealand were visited often at night or early morning to…...

10+ hour, 2+ min ago  (461+ words) The Chiefs had their title dreams crushed by the Canterbury-based side in the 2023 and 2025 finals with a loss to Auckland's Blues in 2024 completing their sorry recent record in title-deciders. The Blues go into Saturday's second semi-final against the Wellington Hurricanes…...

8+ hour, 20+ min ago  (252+ words) After 25 years of quietly supporting cancer patients, the Inner Wheel Club of Invercargill South has made its final delivery of handmade "silky pillows". Club spokesperson Diane Cade said the small pillows were used by breast cancer patients to provide wound…...

9+ hour, 55+ min ago  (461+ words) The Chiefs had their title dreams crushed by the Canterbury-based side in the 2023 and 2025 finals with a loss to Auckland's Blues in 2024 completing their sorry recent record in title-deciders. The Blues go into Saturday's second semi-final against the Wellington Hurricanes…...