Mike Sanford

The Lumsden Heritage Trust has brought a historic steam locomotive back to Southland, where it will enhance the trust’s already impressive heritage rail display in the northern Southland town. The 19th century D Class locomotive D6 arrived on Saturday morning at Bulleid Engineering, in Winton, where

A spate of warm weather has forced Southland District Council to activate water restrictions throughout the region. In Riverton, urgent water conservation is needed and a complete sprinkler ban is now in place. Southland District Council manager operations and programming – water and waste services

Police are appealing for information or potential witnesses to a vehicle crash in Invercargill at approximately 5:22pm on Saturday 15 January. The incident occurred at the intersection of Herbert Street and Exmouth Street. The crash involved a utility vehicle and a station wagon. UPDATE: Due to comm

Take a private tour of the new Delorean production facility in Houston Texas. Where they are repair and build new Deloreans. The DMC DeLorean (often referred to as the “DeLorean”) is a rear-engine, two-door, two-passenger sports car manufactured and marketed by John DeLorean’s DeLorean Motor Company

The Mockers were at the peak of their mid-80s pop prowess when they released this single. It originated with Andrew Fagan’s Wellington based co-writer Gary Curtis hearing reports of the 1984 Queen Street riot in Auckland (after an outdoor concert which had featured The Mockers). The music video plac

With much regret and after 12 consecutive years, we must announce today that we are not going to be able to run our annual Summer Concert Tour in 2022.  We have been working hard behind the scenes and had confirmed a fabulous international line-up for 2022 some time ago. Covid restrictions lead us t

A giant pāua shell that is the pride of a small Southland town was destined for Trade Me before a concerned member of the community stepped in and saved the day. Now it is staying where it belongs — in the seaside town it was created. The Riverton pāua shell, which is lined with 1000 […]

The Chairman, Mr Rex Chapman, opened the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting at Bluff today with the introduction of South Port’s new logo and Māori motto which was recently adopted by the Port following extensive consultation with Te Rūnunga o Awarua. “Our purpose is ‘to facilitate the best logistic sol