Mike Sanford

Two hunters who have been missing in Fiordland since Saturday have been found. The pair were found walking out of the bush near Lilliburn Valley Road. The police say they are being flown to Southland Hospital to be assessed as a precaution. They were reported overdue by fellow hunters on Sunday afte

It is a dark and stormy night, and strange things are afoot at the Barraclough mansion. With the recently deceased master of the manor lying in state in the library, bumbling solicitors Blundell (Ian Reeves) and Mickleby (Jason Fraser) arrive to read his will, in which he divides his fortune between

Extra fire crews are being brought in today to try and contain a large blaze on conservation wetlands at Awarua, south of Invercargill. The fire which started on Saturday and extends from the head of Awarua Bay to the Waituna Wetlands has burnt through about 1000 hectares containing peat. Fire and E

The country will remain at the red Covid-19 traffic light setting, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says. Watch here: Ardern made the announcement at today’s post-Cabinet media briefing from about 4pm. She said the rolling average of cases had declined 36 percent in the two weeks since the government r

The Water Shortage Direction issued yesterday has been amended to exclude the water takes from the upper Mataura River catchment where the serious temporary shortage of water is less critical, at this time. The area that is being excluded from the water shortage direction is the part of the Mataura

A search is underway for two hunters missing in the Rowallan Forest near Lake Hauroko, Fiordland. The pair were reported overdue by fellow hunters on Sunday afternoon, after they failed to return from a hunt on Saturday. Police are concerned for the welfare of the hunters as it is believed they were

A major fire at Awarua, south of Invercargill, is burning through about a thousand hectares of mānuka scrub and peat soils. An image of the fire burning in peat at Awarua, south of Invercargill, on 2 April, 2022.Awarua-Waituna, one of New Zealand’s largest remaining coastal wetland systems, is threa

The Southland Sharks today added three talented youngsters to their 2022 New Zealand National Basketball League roster. 2021 Development Player Ethan Mitchell of Gore returns for a second season with the squad and will be joined by Southland age-group representative Quake Webster and New Zealand Und