Mike Sanford

On 31 August 2022, South Port was granted resource consent by Environment Southland for project Kia Whakaū. Kia Whakaū is a project to dredge and remove seabed materials to 9.7m chart datum (CD) in the harbour entrance channel, 10.7m CD in the Island Harbour berth basins, and 9.45m CD in the swingin

Who would you like to see represent Invercargill on the ILT board?  There are twelve candidates standing this election.  You can vote for up to six. You need to be with in the old Invercargill City boundary. Otatara residents are unable to vote for the ILT as they are outside the boundary. More abou

Police have arrested a further two men, aged 18 and 23, in relation to two ram raids on Monday 15 August, one on Dee Street and the other business Found My Way on Windsor Street. These arrests are in addition to an 18-year-old taken into custody last week. Both men are due to appear in […]

Revitalisation in Manapouri is scheduled to go ahead early September 2022. The project includes replacement of the Manapouri boat ramp and adjacent gabion wall, a new jetty, an upgrade of View Street car park and Otta seal application on Fraser’s Beach Road. Southland District Council project manage

After a hiatus of more than two years, Southern Institute of Technology (SIT), in collaboration with Pacific Island Advisory & Charitable Trust (PIACT), has brought their Pasifika Open Night back, providing the local Pasifika community with an event to inform them on education and training opportuni

The Government’s draft Better Work Action Plan for the tourism workforce released earlier this month is a shining example of this Government’s inability to prioritise the real issues which face many businesses in my Southland electorate, says local MP for Southland, Joseph Mooney. “Everywhere I go,

Police would like to hear from anyone who witnessed a robbery on Crinan Street Sunday evening. At around 6.30pm a man entered a dairy on Crinan Street and demanded money from the shop attendant. The man then left on foot, heading east towards Ness Street with a quantity of cash, pouches of tobacco a

Opinion and humour. (May trigger some people) This is the first poll to include the ‘Let’s Go Invercargill’ ticket candidates who have performed well with six in the top 12. Like our July poll, current councillors Allan Arnold, Darren Ludlow, Ian Pottinger, Nigel Skelt performed well with Alex Crack