Mike Sanford

Revitalisation in Manapouri is scheduled to go ahead early September 2022. The project includes replacement of the Manapouri boat ramp and adjacent gabion wall, a new jetty, an upgrade of View Street car park and Otta seal application on Fraser’s Beach Road. Southland District Council project manage

After a hiatus of more than two years, Southern Institute of Technology (SIT), in collaboration with Pacific Island Advisory & Charitable Trust (PIACT), has brought their Pasifika Open Night back, providing the local Pasifika community with an event to inform them on education and training opportuni

The Government’s draft Better Work Action Plan for the tourism workforce released earlier this month is a shining example of this Government’s inability to prioritise the real issues which face many businesses in my Southland electorate, says local MP for Southland, Joseph Mooney. “Everywhere I go,

Police would like to hear from anyone who witnessed a robbery on Crinan Street Sunday evening. At around 6.30pm a man entered a dairy on Crinan Street and demanded money from the shop attendant. The man then left on foot, heading east towards Ness Street with a quantity of cash, pouches of tobacco a

A person has died after their car rolled into a waterway off a Southland road. Emergency services were called to McDonald Road in Dipton West, near Break Neck Road, about 10am. The sole occupant of the vehicle was unresponsive and was unable to be revived. McDonald Road is currently closed while the

Police note the findings of an Independent Police Conduct Authority report into the use of force during an arrest in Invercargill in October 2020. The authority found the use of the Police dog was unjustified in this instance and that other tactical options would have been preferable. We note that O

This reduces the midpoint of the range from NZ$9.50 to NZ$9.25 per kgMS, however the current advance payment rate of NZ$5.70 per kgMS is unchanged. Fonterra Chief Executive Miles Hurrell says “the change in the 2022/23 forecast Farmgate Milk Price will be disappointing for our farmers but it reflect

A new partnership between Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) and the Panamanian government has seen the first group of students from Panama arrive in Invercargill this month to study English, with planning underway for further groups to make the journey here for education opportunities. The grou