Mike Sanford

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

Mossburn residents are urged to conserve water immediately. This includes no washing of vehicles and no hosing or gardens or lawns, including hand held. One of the township’s two bores has run dry and the other is producing 4 litres per second. The town is using 4 litres a second and the reservoir i

Firemen are observing a huge vegetation fire in Southland and will send helicopters to battle the burn right off the bat Sunday. Fire Communications shift director Andrew Norris said it was indistinct how the burst, at Awarua Bay, close to Bluff, began, yet police were exploring. “It’s a huge fire c

Exclusive – by Special Affairs Correspondent whatsoninvers.nz can reveal that there has been notable activity by Russian interests off the southern coast. Our enquiries which have been backed up by eye witness accounts reveal that the activities have been going on for a period of months but largely

Police continue to investigate a burglary, which occurred at a rural property in Colac Bay on Thursday morning. At around 8am the owner has come across a group of people on the property attempting to steal fuel. The owner has approached the group and been threatened with a firearm. The firearm was n

Environment Southland has taken the unprecedented step of issuing a Water Shortage Direction covering the whole of Southland. The direction, which will initially be in place for 14 days, directs that irrigation water takes are required to cease immediately. Environment Southland chief executive Rob

Invercargill Police are seeking information about a silver/grey 1999 Subaru Impreza hatchback as part of an investigation into a burglary in Southland this morning. Police were called to a rural property in Colac Bay at around 8am, following a report of a burglary. The vehicle’s four occupants are a