Mike Sanford

The days and hours that advance voting places are open vary. Please check the opening hours before you vote. On election day, Saturday 17 October, all voting places are open from 9am to 7pm. For more information go to elections.nz For the Maori Electorates go here Candidates for the 2020 General Ele

Winning one SBS Bank Tour of Southland title is a major achievement for any cyclist. Defending tour champion Michael Vink is coming into the 2020 tour with his sights set on a third yellow jersey in as many years. The first win was a long time coming, as Vink finished in the runner-up position twice

Heavy rain and northwest gales in the far south today A front preceded by a strong and moist north to northwest flow moves onto the far south of the South Island this afternoon. This front is expected to bring a period of heavy northerly rain to Fiordland, and north to northwest gales to exposed par

Cartoon of the Day: The Final Push Thanks to Garrick Tremain. https://garricktremain.nz/cartoons

Police were notified of a collision involving a vehicle and parked cars on Tweed Street, no reported injuries. Police are investigating the cause.

The Warehouse Group today announced its audited result for the full year ended 2 August 2020. As announced in the preliminary unaudited release on 8 October, the Group delivered sales of $3.2 billion, up 3.3% on FY19 or 1.5% when adjusting for FY20 being a 53-week year, compared to 52 weeks in FY19.

Tonight’s political poll puts Labour on 46 percent and National on 31 percent with just one day until election day. Both are down 1 percent. Behind is ACT on 8 percent and the Green Party on 8 percent, up two. New Zealand First is up on 3 percent. It would mean Labour would get 59 […]

Auckland lost 200 jobs a day during the city’s second lockdown in August, and job seekers are swelling job application piles. Auckland Council’s economic team, which has tallied the cost, said the total 4205 jobs lost in the region were 60 percent of the national total for the month. Its chief econo