Mike Sanford

Active Southland is excited to unveil a reimagined free version of the Surf to City next month. With Covid restrictions ruling out a traditional mass participation event, Southlanders are being encouraged to do the Surf to City course ‘your way’,’ Active Southland chief executive Brendon McDermott s

Fonterra has agreed a strategic partnership with New Zealand’s Exchange (NZX) and the European Energy Exchange (EEX) to each take ownership stakes in Global Dairy Trade (GDT) alongside the Co-op. Subject to the approval of Boards, clearance from European or any other relevant competition law authori

Southland Charity Hospital, but it is already offering colonoscopies, and organisers hope to have its doors open by mid-2022. The project is the brainchild of the late cancer care advocate Blair Vining and his wife Melissa. Vining, a 39-year-old Southland farmer, was best known for using his final m

There was some intense racing on the opening day of the Mobil 1 Classic SpeedFest at Teretonga Park near Invercargill on Saturday. Conditions were damp for the start of qualifying this morning but dried out in time for some exciting racing. The Ricoh Historic & Classic Saloons Pre 78 featured a mass

The first kākāpō chick of the season has hatched on Whenua Hou, west of Rakiura/ Stewart Island, says the Department of Conservation. Nineteen-year-old kākāpō Pearl has produced the first chick of the year – Pearl-A-1-2022. The chick was observed in the nest at 2am yesterday morning (1 February) loo

As we arrive on the two week anniversary since the south Island leg of the Convoy departed Bluff on Sunday. We will be covering more of the growing protest / freedom festival by collating video and updates here over the day. On this week’s podcast: Marxism could not happen here… could it? After deca

Group ILT has reached an impressive $200 million dollars of grants and donations back to the community, following their January board meeting. This significant amount has been granted throughout the 78 year history of the Trust. ILT group chair Alan Dennis said the board was “thrilled” to reach the

On the eve of hundreds of students travelling to Otago University to begin the academic year it’s astounding that the Government is still to provide guidelines to accommodation providers on how to operate under phase 2 of the Omicron response, National’s Tertiary Education spokesperson and Invercarg