Mike Sanford

The Bluff Oyster & Food Festival will not be held in 2022. The festival organising committee met recently to discuss this year’s event amid the threat of Covid outbreaks and subsequent possible rapid changes to the traffic light settings and voted unanimously to cancel this year’s Festival which was

The team from Highways South advise that the Tay Street upgrade between Mary Street to Jackson Street, currently underway and originally planned to be completed on Friday 21st January. This has been extended to Wednesday the 26th January. Emergency services and residents will have access if required

Environment Southland’s latest monitoring has found high levels of toxic algae at the Aparima River at Otautau. There are already three other active toxic algae warnings in the region; the Waikaia River at Mahers Beach, the Hamilton Burn at Affleck Road and the Waiau River near Excelsior Creek. This

Southern Institute of Technology is rolling out a new delivery mode for Screen Arts students this year; Hybrid-Flexible (HyFlex) Delivery offers a greater variety of ways to engage in study, with flexibility of learning the most obvious benefit, there are other positive outcomes expected as well. SI

The Lumsden Heritage Trust has brought a historic steam locomotive back to Southland, where it will enhance the trust’s already impressive heritage rail display in the northern Southland town. The 19th century D Class locomotive D6 arrived on Saturday morning at Bulleid Engineering, in Winton, where

A spate of warm weather has forced Southland District Council to activate water restrictions throughout the region. In Riverton, urgent water conservation is needed and a complete sprinkler ban is now in place. Southland District Council manager operations and programming – water and waste services

Police are appealing for information or potential witnesses to a vehicle crash in Invercargill at approximately 5:22pm on Saturday 15 January. The incident occurred at the intersection of Herbert Street and Exmouth Street. The crash involved a utility vehicle and a station wagon. UPDATE: Due to comm

Take a private tour of the new Delorean production facility in Houston Texas. Where they are repair and build new Deloreans. The DMC DeLorean (often referred to as the “DeLorean”) is a rear-engine, two-door, two-passenger sports car manufactured and marketed by John DeLorean’s DeLorean Motor Company