A wooden spring board floor will be shipped in from Singapore and Southland's velodrome will host the region's netball and basketball franchises, it was decided today.

The Ranfurly Shield is up grabs but both Southland and Auckland have avoided making it a main focus ahead of Thursday's clash.

Southland Rugby is certain tomorrow night's Ranfurly Shield match will go ahead against Auckland in Invercargill.

Auckland have made six changes for their Ranfurly Shield challenge tomorrow, reintroducing several All Blacks.

Auckland's preparing to deal with the possibility of snow in Thursday night's Ranfurly Shield match against Southland.

Questions are being raised about the strength of Stadium Southland's now collapsed roof.

Edgar Centre general manager Blair Crawford is encouraging the Southern Steel to shift base to Dunedin.

The roof of Stadium Southland, which was lowered 15 metres and had its pitch reduced to appease neighbours, suffered sagging problems during construction.

Civil Defence has decided against declaring a state of emergency in Southland but is warning schools and businesses to be cautious about re-opening tomorrow.

The Southern Steel will be looking for a new home next season after Stadium Southland suffered extensive damage in a snow storm.

Heavy snow in Invercargill has caused Stadium Southland's roof to collapse.

Police investigating the killing of Manawatu farmer Scott Guy have moved the focus of their investigation to Invercargill.

Blogging the debate between Invercargill mayor hopefuls Tim Shadbolt and Suzanne Prentice.

Who knew New Zealand had a space programme? In truth, with the exception of Auckland company Rocket Lab's launch of a rocket 100km into the sky last November, we can't claim to have tried visiting the inky void.

Travellers between Tauranga and Christchurch, and Invercargill and Wellington, are the big winners in Air New Zealand's latest boost to domestic capacity.

A jetboat driver has been fined and ordered to pay reparation to the family of a British tourist killed in a river boat crash in December 2008.