Mike Sanford

YMCA South, Active Southland and Inclusive Activity Murihiku are teaming up on a two-year initiative that will have a long-term impact for Southland children and young people with disabilities.  The project has been supported by Sport New Zealand’s Disability Inclusion Fund and is designed to suppor

The body of a man, believed to be a tramper that went missing in Milford Sound on Monday, has been found. The man was located deceased and Search and Rescue specialists are now working to recover the body and return him to his family. Police would like to thank Police Search and Rescue and LandSAR p

Police are seeking information from the public following a car fire near Lorneville earlier this month. Police were called to Lorneville Dacre Road at around 3:35am on Sunday, 20 March. Earlier, staff attended a job for the same vehicle after it crashed into a ditch. The vehicle is described as bein

All of the Southland District is now in a prohibited fire season, effective as at 6am Tuesday 29 March. This means there is a total fire ban in Southland, and all permits are suspended until further notice. Southland District Manager, Julian Tohiariki says the extended dry weather conditions, curren

Bluff community stalwart Tammi Topi has been contracted by Great South to drive forward grand visions for the Southland town of Bluff. Great South facilitated the Bluff Motupōhue 2020 Tourism Master Plan with partners Te Rūnaka o Awarua and Invercargill City Council (including the Bluff Community Bo

SH1/East road from Racecourse Road to Mill Road is closed tomorrow (Tuesday 29th March) from 9.30am to 2.30pm). Detour via Mill Rd North/Findlay Road/Racecourse Road heading west, and Rockdale Road/Oteramika Road/Mill Road South heading east. This work is weather dependent, rain date is Wednesday 30

The Southland Sharks continue to add to their roster for 2022, confirming today the signing of local talent Connor Coll for a fifth-successive Sharks’ campaign. Coll who debuted for the southern National Basketball League franchise in 2017 was another to relish his time under Head Coach Rob Beveridg

The winners of the 2022 Southland-Otago Dairy Industry Awards Share Farmer of the Year category say they are focused, organised and goal-driven and farm with passion to deliver excellence in their business. Emma and Hamish Day were announced winners of the region’s Share Farmer of the Year category,