Mike Sanford

A bill aimed at improving transparency and boosting competition in the wholesale fuel market has passed its final reading. The Fuel Industry Bill is the government’s response to recommendations to the Commerce Commission’s fuel market study. Energy and Resources Minister Megan Woods said it would de

The Southland Charity Hospital has partnered with SBS Bank to ensure everybody in the southern community can get behind its wildly successful ‘Buy A Brick’ fundraising campaign. Media and communications manager Alana Dixon-Calder says the charity hospital team is thrilled to have the support of the

Rumours of Tiwai Aluminium Smelter’s Pot Line #4 being re-opened are circulating around Invercargill and the media, NZ Herald has a story behind their paywall. Saying “Less than a month after signalling that it could close the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter, there are signs the owner may be preparing

Police were notified just after 8pm on Wednesday evening that a car had collided with a parked car on Gore Street. Initial information suggested one person had serious injuries and one moderate. A St John Spokesman confirmed to whatsoninvers.nz two patients, one with serious injuries and one with mo

The auditor general says the $3 billion Provincial Growth Fund (PGF) needs to be more transparent about how it operates. That is one of three recommendations in a report released today. But the minister in charge of the fund, Shane Jones, said he had seen no evidence officials had not been open abou

Southland Police have arrested and charged two people in relation to the murder of Dale Watene. A 30-year-old woman has been charged with murder and a 23-year-old man with accessory after the fact to murder, they are due to appear in Invercargill District Court today, Detective Senior Sergeant Stuar

The government has set in motion a plan for a major overhaul of the law that’s supposed to sustainably manage New Zealand’s natural and physical resources. Environment Minister David Parker said the 30-year-old Resource Management Act (RMA) needed to be changed to reduce complexity and costs. “While

Police are asking for the public’s help after a man was seen on a number of properties on Old Coach Road on Friday 31 July. He was reportedly carrying two red fuel cans, and at one property he took a set of keys from a vehicle. The man is described as Caucasian, in his 40s, […]