Mike Sanford

It was 38 years on 26-31st January 1984 it rained solidly for days around Invercargill and Southland suffered severe flooding. Friday 27th January 1984 was named Southland’s Black Friday, take a look back at how town looked, some amazing images. Below we have listed all the Flood chapters. The Video

Southland District Council’s Community and Strategy Committee is being asked to consider draft changes to the Stewart Island/Rakiura Visitor Levy Policy and Bylaw, which would be put out for public consultation. The draft changes include an increase in the levy from the current $5 per visitor to $15

People have the chance to make arguably their most crucial vote of the year this month, with voting for the annual Beautiful Awards now open. Invercargill’s Queens Park was announced as a finalist last year, competing with four other special spots from throughout New Zealand for the Kiwis’ Choice aw

Isabelle Guise (Otautau) and Ethan Alday  Ice Sports Southland skaters competed in Oberstdorf Germany last weekend. Their scores are just under the qualification mark for Junior Worlds in March. They will get an opportunity to attempt to qualify for this in early February when they skate at the Egna

All of Southland is now in a restricted fire season. The change occurred at 8am Wednesday 26 January 2022, and means anyone planning to light an open-air fire will need to apply for and obtain a permit. Southland District Manager, Julian Tohiariki says the current conditions are the reason for the c

Cycling Southland will be kicking off the new year in a big way this weekend with three races taking place over three days. Headlining the weekend will be the Stonewood Homes Gore to Invercargill Classic, New Zealand’s longest running club classic cycling race, which will return to the roads of Sout

A baby with critical injuries died in Starship Hospital yesterday (26 January). The baby was taken to Invercargill Hospital on Saturday morning (22 January), and subsequently transferred to Starship. A homicide investigation is now underway in relation to how the baby received the injuries. Police a

Work to strengthen, raise and reshape the stop bank at Boundary Creek, north of Mataura, is expected to be complete by the end of February. Improvements to the Boundary Creek stop bank are among several works Environment Southland are undertaking to upgrade the stop banks protecting the town of Mata