Mike Sanford

More than 60 trees in Invercargill's Town Belt are coming down starting next week, some of them planted 150 years ago. Councillors made the call last year after a 25-metre pine tree blew onto Elles Rd traffic during October's extreme winds. Nobody was hurt. They won&

Two people were seriously injured in a crash on the Riverton Wallacetown Highway on Tuesday afternoon. One remains in critical care at Dunedin Hospital. The collision, between a ute and an SUV, happened around 5:20pm on July 21. Southland Police are investigating and want to hear from anyone who

State Highway 99 near Wallacetown is closed on Tuesday evening reopening at 2am Wednesday morning after a two-vehicle crash around 5.20pm left one person trapped in their vehicle. Fire crews from Kingswell and Wallacetown attended the scene, where they had to extricate the person from the wreckage. The road

New Zealand's country music artist Craig Adams packed out the Glen Country Music Club yesterday — and it was not the first time. Club secretary Mary Hardy noted it was another full house, pointing out the sign had to go up in May last year and again at this

SIT's Zero Fees Scheme turns 25 this year, and the story of how it started still sounds like a gamble that nearly didn't happen. Southern Institute of Technology held a celebration at Hansen Hall last Thursday to mark the milestone, bringing together community leaders, business partners,

Four people have been arrested and charged over an alleged violent assault at a Mataura hotel carpark just before midnight on June 27. The arrests followed a coordinated police operation last week. Detective Senior Sergeant Greg Baird said officers, backed by the Armed Offenders Squad, executed a number of search

Whittaker's has gone full childhood nostalgia with its latest limited-edition block — white chocolate loaded with bubblegum flavouring and actual gumdrops. The Gumdrop Block hits supermarket shelves Monday. It's made with Whittaker's 28% cocoa white chocolate and contains five different gumdrop flavours scattered through the

No one in Southland scooped Saturday night's Lotto draw, but the jackpots rolling into Wednesday are worth knowing about. Powerball was not won and climbs to $28 million on Wednesday. Lotto First Division also went begging — it resets to $1 million. Strike Four remains unclaimed at $400,000.