Mike Sanford

Heavy rainfall since early this morning is causing significant surface flooding throughout the District. At the time of writing 72mm had fallen. In Gore and Mataura the stormwater/wastewater network has been overwhelmed, causing surface flooding and water to threaten homes. No-one has had to be evac

It will be a night to remember for four lucky Lotto players from Whangārei, Auckland, and Porirua after each winning $250,000 with Lotto First Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. The winning tickets were sold at Sunnyside Foodmarket in Whangārei, Rathgar Road Discount Foodmart in Auckland, Beachl

Seven Southern Institute of Technology  creative arts students have recently returned from a successful trip to the Kiwi Interactive Showcase, part of the New Zealand Game Developers‘ Conference, held in Wellington on September 1- 2, where they introduced a newly developed game to industry and the p

Police were called to an Avenal Street address on Saturday 16th September after an assault was reported. One person was injured and taken to Southland hospital. A suspect has been arrested and will appear in court today (Monday 18th September) for assault with intent to injure. whatsoninvers.nz rece

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

Southland Stags team list for the away game this Sunday vs Canterbury 2:05pm at Apollo Projects Stadium, Christchurch. Southland Stags: 1 Jonah Aoina 2 Nic Souchon 3 Morgan Mitchell 4 Mike McKee (c) 5 Danny Drake 6 Shneil Singh 7 Leroy Ferguson 8 Blair Ryall 9 Connor McLeod 10 Dan Hollinshead (vc) 1

The future of Presbyterian Support Southland (PSS) has been bolstered with a recent commitment to redevelop its Peacehaven residential village. A high-level concept plan for the redevelopment was signed off last month by the PSS Trust Board, with the redevelopment envisaged to contribute to a retire

A further six Ngāi Tahu kākāpō have been released at Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari in Waikato following the successful settling in of four kākāpō earlier this year. Around 100 people gathered to welcome the second batch of translocated kākāpō before they were released into the 3400ha protected fo