Mike Sanford

Highways South, the highway maintenance contractor for Southland, is reminding farmers to keep their livestock secure on the two-year anniversary of a traumatic crash with a cow which almost cost a local man his life. Justin Reid, Maintenance Contract Manager for Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency in S

Police are asking for the public’s help after an alleged firearms incident on Friday 6 January between Kaitangata and Milton. About 11.15pm, a man driving a Ford Falcon on Lakeside Road noticed another vehicle, reported to be a utility vehicle, with high beams on travelling closely behind him. The m

Sean Plunket from the Platform, speaks with Dr Andrea Braakhuis on meat vs plant-based alternatives. Read more on the study here.

Meridian Energy renews as National Partner of the Department of Conservation’s Kākāpō Recovery Programme Meridian Energy and the Department of Conservation (DOC) are pleased to announce that their partnership will continue for another three years, with Meridian as the National Partner of Kākāpō Reco

Commonwealth Games gold medallist Tom Sexton continued his outstanding track form on the opening day of the UCI Cambridge Grand Prix. The Southland rider claimed a narrow victory in an exciting omnium competition, in the three-day UCI event with riders from 10 nations competing for valuable internat

The former Ocean Beach Freezing Works in Bluff has a new business on the block – a pilot project to evaluate commercial land-based whitebait farming. “This project, led by Manāki Whitebait, is the result of 16 years of research into the breeding of all 5 New Zealand whitebait species,”says Steve Pen

Southland’s environmental champions have been celebrated tonight at the 26th Environment Southland Community Awards in Invercargill. Environment Southland chairman Nicol Horrell said the calibre of nominees was yet again incredibly high, featuring diverse nominations from catchment groups and touris

Cromwell’s Hayden Paddon has today confirmed he will race a Hyundai i30 N TCR at Invercargill’s Teretonga Raceway, a round of Super Sprint MotorSport New Zealand championship event, 20-22 January 2023. Paddon will contest the three-race Southern Sprint Allcomers category, televised live in Australia