Mike Sanford

Nominations closed, candidates for Invercargill City Council by-election announced Nominations for next year’s Invercargill City Council by-election closed at 12 noon today. The stand out name on the candidates list is tv/radio personality Marcus Lush, host of Marcus Lush Nights on Newstalk ZB. Lush

New Zealand stargazers will be able to witness a once-in-a-lifetime celestial event. It has been hundreds of years since Jupiter and Saturn appeared this close together – as viewed from Earth – and it will be a long time before it happens again. It’s known by some as the ‘Bethlehem Star’. Otago Muse

The group, which includes retailers The Warehouse, Warehouse Stationery, Noel Leeming and Torpedo 7, took the money back in April as the lockdown slashed earnings. However, the group came under fire from unions, commentators and some politicians including the Prime Minister for taking the money, pro

As Christmas approaches, the Tiwai Point smelter’s 1000 staff go into the holidays uncertain of their future. The Labour Party campaigned on keeping the aluminium smelter open for another three to five years. But unless a solution can be found, the closure of the smelter will go ahead in August next

Here are the entries for the Professionals Real Estate Light Up Christmas trail available for viewing from Thursday 10th December. Stand by for the whatsoninvers.nz Christmas Lights video. Public voting now open on the facebook.com/professionals.invercargill Remember to drive safely and please respe

Work to finalise the Streets Alive trials – initiatives aimed at making Gore’s streets safer, more accessible for everyone and the town more people-friendly – is continuing apace behind the scenes. Gore district Roading Asset Manager and Project Lead Peter Standring said the team has been working re

Police are currently searching for two people who are believed to have exited a vehicle that was located on Wicklow Street around 7pm. There had been concerns from the public about the manner of their driving prior to the vehicle being located, and police where currently searching for them after fle

The Civil Aviation Authority says a fatal microlight crash in Southland highlights why pilots must comply with the rules and carefully manage the risks. The authority has released its report into the crash that found the pilot crashed the microlight into Taringatura Hills after entering fog while fl