Mike Sanford

ILT brings back The Great Pub Cash Giveaway for 2026 with $13,000 up for grabs Following the strong response to previous years' promotions, ILT is delighted to announce the return of The Great Pub Cash Giveaway for 2026, featuring a total prize pool of $13,000. Locals will

If you're awake before dawn on Thursday, that low-flying aircraft circling Invercargill Airport isn't lost. It's doing a job. A specialised flight inspection aircraft — ZK-FIS, a twin-engine Piper PA-42 Cheyenne — arrives Wednesday July 29 and begins calibration flights from around 4am Thursday. It will

Hawthorndale Care Village has appointed a clinical leader with more than two decades of aged care experience to its board, as the Invercargill facility moves into what it describes as its next stage of development. Jill Smith joins as a trustee, bringing a background spanning aged residential care, hospice, community

ACT wants to strip the Department of Conservation of its authority over game animals and hand it to the Game Animal Council — with full funding to match. The party announced the policy at the Hunting & Wildlife Expo this weekend, pitching it as long-overdue recognition for hunters who have spent

Invercargill's new regional museum is being built with accessibility as a design requirement, not an afterthought. The Museum of Southland — due to open to the public in 2027, with construction scheduled to complete later this year — has been developed in consultation with Arts Access Aotearoa, Well Child Network,

Two Auckland Powerball players split $40.2 million between them in Saturday night's draw — each walking away with $20.1 million. The winning tickets for draw 2606 were sold at Blockhouse Bay Postshop & Stationers in Auckland and online through MyLotto to another Auckland player. Each prize is

Armed police descended on Avenal on Friday morning, executing multiple search warrants linked to a burglary that occurred around May this year. Several people have been arrested and charged with receiving stolen property. More arrests and charges are expected. Police would like to reassure the public and community that there

Step back 30 years as we revisit the May 1996 edition of the Southland Property Press. From Invercargill to Otatara, Winton and beyond, these pages offer a fascinating snapshot of the local property market, with homes selling for prices that seem almost unbelievable today. Take a browse through the adverts,