Mike Sanford

The National Party has selected Joseph Mooney to stand in the Southland electorate for the 2020 General Election. Joseph Mooney is a senior trial lawyer and has built his own law practice in the Southern region. “I’m very excited to be selected as National’s candidate for Southland and I’ll be hitti

Powerball was not struck this evening and has rolled over to Wednesday night, where the jackpot will be $34 million. “High jackpots capture the imagination of Kiwis all around the country and we know Kiwis will be dreaming about what they would do if they won $34 million with Powerball on Wednesday,

Recent political polls have the ACT Party sitting pretty on 5 percent meaning leader David Seymour could bring along five new friends to Parliament. Last night’s 1News Colmar Brunton poll has support for Labour at 53 percent, National at 32 percent, NZ First at 2 percent, and the Greens at 5 percent

Close to one million people visited Milford Sound last year, but that’s slowed from a torrent to a trickle as borders have closed. But Covid-19 is just the latest calamity to strike, coming off the back of devastating floods in February and even earthquakes. While many businesses experienced a welco

Police are appealing for the public’s help following an aggravated robbery in Invercargill. About 9.20pm on Thursday 30 July a man entered the Gladstone Night ‘n Day, presented what appeared to be firearm and demanded money from the shop assistant. A member of the public intervened before a second m

The Mossburn Diner cafe has been destroyed and two people were taken to hospital after a large fire in the small Southland town of Mossburn last night. Firefighters were called to the Mossburn Diner just before 8pm last night. Eight volunteer crews from around the area worked to put the fire out by

Processing of the Gore District Council’s resource consent application to build a bridge across the Mataura River, as part of its Gore Water Treatment Plant Upgrade, is currently on hold. The Council has applied for land use consents from Environment Southland and itself, as the regulating authority

The government massively underestimated the number of people who would be returning to New Zealand – and the cost of keeping them in managed isolation, according to documents released today. Hundreds of documents related to the government’s pandemic response were released this morning. They included