Mike Sanford

The culmination of a year’s worth of amazing creativity, technical flair and artistic energy will be showcased by Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) Music and Audio Production students at Centrestage on November 4th, in celebration of the stunning talent in the SIT student community, and making

The Rakiura Maori Lands Trust (RMLT) is welcoming a $2.15 million funding boost from the Provincial Growth Fund for its Rakiura Oneki and Southern Wilderness Experience project (ROSWE). RMLT Chairman Simon Gomez said the funding will allow the first phase of a 20-year project to get underway in the

Southern DHB’s Medical Officer of Health, Dr Susan Jack is calling on young people aged 15 to 30 years who haven’t been immunised for measles to make it a priority to get a FREE catch-up MMR vaccine. Measles is a serious disease that is about eight times more contagious than COVID-19. Getting immuni

There have been seven new cases of Covid-19 reported in New Zealand today, all in managed isolation. In a statement, the Health Ministry said there were no community cases. The seven new cases include one who arrived from the United States on 26 October; one from the Ukraine on 26 October; two from

On November 14, 1861, the first recorded burial took place at Invercargill’s Eastern Cemetery. Since then thousands of people have been laid to rest at our cemeteries and crematorium, leaving behind stories that add to our collective history. Residents will have the opportunity to discover some of t

In what has been an unforgettable year for all the wrong reasons, tonight’s Gore District Community Awards were a resounding display of community strength and resilience. The 2020 awards were always going to be different from previous years, given the District has endured one of its worst floods in

The euthanasia referendum has passed the public vote, with 65.2 percent voting in favour, but the cannabis question has 53.1 percent voting ‘no’ so far, preliminary results show. The number of voters who chose ‘no’ in the End of Life Choice referendum reached 33.8 percent. In the cannabis question,

Police are investigating the death of a woman in Invercargill. Police were called to a Grace Street address at about 4.15pm yesterday where the body of the woman was discovered. We are currently treating her death as unexplained while we are working to understand the circumstances. A scene examinati