Mike Sanford

Invercargill City Council has sold a large piece of farmland about 10km south of the city, but is remaining tight-lipped about how much it went for. Questions also surround loans that were written off over the project, and why a decision was made to sell this year. Between March 2006 and June 2008,

A new community pump track was built on the corner of Oreti Rd and Dunns Rd to honour the legacy of Otatara man Derek Gostelow and his family. Mr Gostelow, a former resident, left $90,000 in his will for the Invercargill City Council to use for community projects within the Otatara area and communit

Invercargill City Council has passed the administration of the Invercargill Active Communities funding scheme to Active Southland. Council resolved to transfer the administration of the fund to Active Southland at a meeting of the Performance, Policy and Partnerships committee in July. The scheme ha

An elite dance company of New Zealand’s champion highland dancers, renowned for performing innovative choreography worldwide, will perform an exclusive show at the 8th Te Anau Tartan Festival this Easter. The Highland Dance Company of New Zealand is usually in demand performing its energetic and con

From Monday local Community Access Media station Radio Southland will only play ‘Southland music’ when there are no scheduled programmes on air. Station Manager Darren Ludlow set the goal nearly 12 years ago when he started in his role with the station. “Currently when we don’t have a programme on-a

Government officials are confident Tiwai Point aluminium smelter will not close if aluminium prices remain high. But they warn there are risks this will add millions of tonnes to greenhouse gas emissions. Southland has been gearing up to cope with losing hundreds of jobs and lots of spending when th

Weird History presents Timeline 1993. We are going back to the middle part of the 90s and check the news, culture, sports, entertainment, and all that was weird with the 1990s. From the raid on the Branch Davidians to the attack of Monica Seles to Lorena Bobbitt becoming a household name, 1993 would

Police are appealing for further witnesses to an alleged sexual assault of a young woman in Riverton in the early hours of New Year’s Day. Police enquiries are continuing and we are appealing for anyone who was travelling on foot or push bike in the vicinity of Bates Street and John Street between 1