Mike Sanford

UPDATE: Road now open. SH 1 Edendale, near Clark Road, Road Closed due to a crash, the road is closed. A detour is in place. Please follow the detour and allow for extra travel time. There were no fatal or serious injuries. Detour route: Eastbound traffic use Homestead Road, onto Hilda Road, back on

Labour leader Jacinda Ardern is promising to make Matariki a public holiday if re-elected. Ardern made the pledge to mark the start of the Māori New Year while campaigning in Rotorua this morning. “As I’ve travelled around New Zealand I’ve heard the calls for Matariki to become a public holiday – it

A dispute over responsibility for 8500 tonnes of toxic waste in Southland is heading to court. The Environmental Defence Society is this morning seeking a ruling from the Environment Court over who has ultimate responsibility for removing the ouvea premix from Mataura’s disused papermill. A byproduc

Police continue to make enquiries into the fatal crash in Makarewa on 2nd September. A teenager remains in a critical condition in Dunedin Hospital and the investigation is progressing. However, Police believe there may be people who are yet to speak to Police with information that may assist with t

Police are appealing for the public’s help after a number of vehicles were broken into in Invercargill over the weekend. Items such as wallets, phones and electronics were taken from the vehicles parked at walking tracks in the Sandy Point area. Initial enquiries indicate about 6 vehicles were targe

The Southland Motorcycle Club (SMCC) kicked off its road racing season with round one of the Southland Cup on Sunday. Photos by  Vanessa Adcock Photography. Local competitors have every reason to be enthusiastic about the racing season ahead. The club has joined forces with Motorcycling Canterbury t

Innovative spaces for children, lots of natural lighting and safe parking are among the ideas for Gore’s new library and redeveloped James Cumming Wing. A wide range of ideas and issues have been put forward over the last couple of weeks as the Gore District Council asked people for their aspiration

Toyota is trying to track down the lead actors from a series of 1980s TV ads that featured Barry Crump and his city slicker sidekick Lloyd ‘Scotty’ Scott careering cross-country in a ute. The TV commercials were for the Hilux, and now the company wants to find the two original bush-bashing river-run