Mike Sanford

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced today that New Zealand will move to Phase Two of Omicron plan at 11.59pm on 15 February, when the period of home isolation reduces. Watch Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield detail the Omicron response: Covid-1

Organisers are thrilled with the support they received during a shearathon that has raised money for the Southland Charity Hospital. The hospital is the brainchild of the late cancer care advocate Blair Vining and his wife, Melissa, who wanted better cancer care for all New Zealanders. Last weekend,

Watch the Beehive & Parliament grounds protest live stream from Chantelle Baker’s Facebook page live from within the protest. Its more like one of the festivals that didn’t happen. Compare this to the mainstream media coverage. They are not violent, or anti vax, there are both vax and unvax people t

Businesses will be allowed to register as a “critical service” from today, allowing their workers to skip Covid-19 isolation requirements as long as they return daily negative rapid antigen tests (RAT). Critical infrastructure providers will be able to order rapid antigen tests for their workers fro

Positive COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in Invercargill and Gore. If any locations of interest are identified they will be published on the Ministry of Health website: covid19.govt.nz/testing-and-tracing/locations-of-interest/ If you live in, or have visited, the Invercargill or Gore area recent

Police are appealing for information following a crash that occurred on Thursday 10th February at the intersection of Park Street and Eglington Street intersection around 9:40pm in Winton. The incident involved a ute towing a trailer and a motorbike. If you saw either of the vehicles involved travel

Southland District property owners will soon receive a Notice of Rating Valuation in the post with an updated rating value for their property. The new rating valuations have been prepared for 19,948 properties on behalf of the Southland District Council by Quotable Value (QV). They show the total ra

Police responded to a collision involving two vehicles at the intersection of Conon and Crinan Streets at 9:43am this morning. Emergency services blocked the southbound land on the road for a short period as a car had flipped in the incident. One person with minor to moderate injuries was taken to S