Mike Sanford

Discussions between the Game Animal Council (GAC) and the Department of Conservation (DOC) have resulted in some positive changes to where the Department will focus tahr control outside Aoraki/Mt Cook and Westland Tai Poutini National Parks. Reallocation of hours between and within management units

Fonterra is taking a new approach to how it provides nutrition to communities, to better reach those most in need across New Zealand. CEO Miles Hurrell says, as a New Zealand farmer owned co-op, with employees spread right across regional New Zealand, Fonterra is part of many communities. “We’ve tak

SIT Music student Devin Ledington has come full circle in his musical journey with the upcoming annual SIT Kids Concerts, 22nd-25th September 2020. The first-year Bachelor of Contemporary Music student attended the concerts in his childhood; this year it’s his turn to perform for Southland primary a

Heavy rain for the west of the South Island easing overnight Monday, gale west to northwest winds for central and southern New Zealand. A series of cold fronts, preceded by strong west to northwest flow and followed by cold southwesterlies, are expected to move north across the country overnight Mon

Work is underway to contain an oil leak into Milford Sound after a fire on a fishing boat early this morning. Fire and Emergency were alerted to the blaze in Deep Water Basin just after 4am, which has since been extinguished. The Milford Sound Fire Brigade fought the blaze with Te Anau firefighters,

National will deliver a suite of much-needed transport projects that will shorten journey times, improve safety, create jobs and support tourism in the deep south. National’s Southern Transport Package includes a range of projects across Dunedin, Invercargill, Queenstown and the wider Southern regio

Cabinet will meet again on Monday 21st September to decide if gatherings in Auckland can be increased and whether or not the rest of the country can move to alert level 1. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says Cabinet has decided to extend the current alert levels. “On the advice of the director-genera

There is one new community case of Covid-19 reported today, of a girl linked to the Auckland cluster. In a statement, the Ministry of Health said the child had been in isolation since 30 August due to being a household contact of a confirmed case. The case is linked to the Botany sub-cluster which h