Malcolm Gayfer

February is a busy time on Southern Police District roads with our tourist season in full swing and the upcoming Waitangi weekend. Police in Southern are conducting Operation Rumble to focus on safe motorcycle use during summer when people head to holiday destinations. Over the period 1 January 2013

Brendon Leitch has made a good start to Round 4 of the 2017 Castrol Toyota Racing Series at Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park at Taupo. Leitch, originally from Invercargill but now based in Cromwell, has endured a tough start to this year’s series after finishing third last season. Southland’s Brendon L

A display of classic cars will complement the racing at the Wyndham Harness Racing Club meeting at Young Quinn Raceway at Wyndham on Sunday. Any owners of classic cars are invited to be part of the display for which there will be a prize for the best presented car. More information can be gained fro

The 2017 World Shearing and Woolhandling Championships is truly an international event with 32 countries from all over the globe descending on Invercargill from next Wednesday to vie for world titles. The 40th anniversary championships will make history as the first instance the event has been hoste

Southland will benefit from a significant Government investment in police and the wider justice sector to reduce crime and keep our communities safe, says local MP Sarah Dowie. “Knowing there’s a nearby police presence at all times is something our community expects,” says Sarah Dowie. “As the daugh

Chris Fleming has been appointed Southern DHB Chief Executive, Commissioner Kathy Grant announced today. The Nelson Marlborough Health Chief Executive had been seconded to the role of interim Chief Executive at Southern DHB since September, while the Commissioner team undertook an extensive recruitm

Plans for the Invercargill premiere of the movie Pork Pie have been downsized, from a fully fledged red carpet premiere event at the Invercargill Civic theatre to a screening at Readings Cinema. The premiere was originally booked into the Civic Theatre for February 1st. The screening will now take p

Police would like to thank members of the public who have provided information relating to the arson at Sandy Point in the early hours of Monday, 16 January 2017. From the information received, Police have revised the estimated time the arson occurred to being between 2 and 2:30am, not 3:30am as ini