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Northern Mystics defender Carys Stythe will head to the Southern Steel for a new adventure next season. PHOTO: MICHAEL BRADLEY PHOTOGRAPHY Not everyone can tap into the knowledge of one of the Silver Ferns’ top defenders.

Oban Hawkins Oban Hawkins and the New Zealand men’s futsal team are ready for their ultimate challenge.

Tom Galloway preparing to defend his title under the banner of his new club, Christchurch Avon. PHOTOS: GERARD O’BRIEN/SUPPLIED Defending champion Tom Galloway is prepared and primed to run a fast time in the Dunedin Marathon on Sunday.

Mel Aitken won the third of her four Dunedin Marathon women’s titles in 2016. PHOTO: ODT FILES Early interest in the race for the Dunedin Marathon open women’s title centres on a return to the course of four-time champion Mel Aitken.

State Highway 60, near Harley Road, Tasman, has now reopened following a late-morning crash.

State Highway 60, near Harley Road, Tasman, has now reopened following a late-morning crash.

Greater Noida cricket ground in India. Photo: NZCricket/X Play has again been abandoned on the fourth day of the one-off test between the Black Caps and Afghanistan in Greater Noida in India due to heavy rain.

PHOTO: TONI MCDONALD Bluff Yacht Club treasurer Anders Jagvik and rear commodore Grace Finlayson compare the beginner’s Optimist yacht to the goal of competing for sailing’s oldest trophy — the 173-year-old America’s Cup.

Well that was a disastrous weekend for rugby, in the South and in Cape Town, where the atmosphere and the pre-match had to be seen to be believed.

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.

PHOTOS: DAVE LOUDON AG Hoffman Civil Rams captain Dylan Lovett, backed up by Korey Pennicott, faces Aoraki Eels right centre Ricky Neame in a South Island Rugby League Men’s championship game played at Rugby Park last Saturday.

The Lamborghini Huracan GT3 of Glen Brazier and Andrew Waite during the recent North Island Endurance Series. PHOTO: GEOFF RIDDER/SUPPLIED Endurance racing returns to Teretonga Park in Invercargill on Saturday with Round 1 of the Racer Products South Island Endurance Series. The event will feature two 1-Hour races and a 3-Hour race.

Edinburgh Cup winners Queens Park AFC. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED The curtain on the senior football season was brought down at the weekend as Southland Football hosted cup final day in the SBS Knockout Cup, the Charity Cup and the Edinburgh Trophy.

Kaikōura Mayor Craig Mackle looks at the moon through a telescope for the first time. Photo: David Hill / North Canterbury News Kaikōura residents celebrated under the stars on the eve of the district becoming the newest international dark sky sanctuary in Aotearoa.

Kaikōura Mayor Craig Mackle looks at the moon through a telescope for the first time. Photo: David Hill / North Canterbury News Kaikōura residents celebrated under the stars on the eve of the district becoming the newest international dark sky sanctuary in Aotearoa.

De Groot playing for the Southland Stags in 2018. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES The SBS Bank Southland Stags are excited to announce Ethan de Groot is set to be named in the team to face Canterbury at Rugby Park tomorrow at 7.05pm.

Southland players observe a moment of silence in memory of Norm Hewitt during the round five Bunnings Warehouse NPC match between Wellington and Southland at Porirua Park, in Wellington last Saturday. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES The Stags lost their round five National Provincial Championship match 36-12 to Wellington in windy conditions at Jerry Collins Stadium in Porirua on Saturday afternoon.

PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES With the increasing pressure on the rental market, a property manager company believes education about housing should start from a young age.

NKMPT and Te Waipounamu Kia Piki Te Ora staff arrive at Timaru picking up passengers as they hīkoi to Otautahi for the Haere Tonu Suicide Prevention symposium held on Tuesday. A bus left Murihiku at the break of dawn on Monday, moving from darkness into light.

An initiative in Southland is changing the lives of disadvantaged youth across the community — and it wants to do more.