Mike Sanford

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

Weird History presents Timeline: 1992 – We’re going back to the early nineties and explore some of the highlights of 1992. From the ‘Olympic Dream Team’, to the Rodney King trial, to Joey Buttafuoco, Timeline 1992 will relive some of the most iconic 90s memories. Weird History is going to talk about

Police are investigating an alleged sexual assault of a young woman in Riverton, Southland as she was walking home after attending a New Year’s Eve celebration. Police would like to hear from anyone who was in the vicinity of John Street or Bates Street between 12.45am and 1.30am on 1 January or any