Mike Sanford

A new community pump track was built on the corner of Oreti Rd and Dunns Rd to honour the legacy of Otatara man Derek Gostelow and his family. Mr Gostelow, a former resident, left $90,000 in his will for the Invercargill City Council to use for community projects within the Otatara area and communit

The armed offenders squad was called to an Invercargill house on the corner of Albert and Queens Drive. A police spokesperson is unable to comment exactly what the incident is the AOS had been called out to. About seven police cars were seen in the area and Queens Drive wash closed from Layard Stree

At about 2am on Sunday morning Invercargill Police attended an incident where a male was assaulted while walking home on Herbert Street. He sustained a bleeding nose and a concussion. Shortly before the assault, a red or maroon Subaru Impreza hatchback (similar to the one pictured) was seen turning

The Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency project, by its highway contractor Highways South, will involve rehabilitating the width of SH1/Tay St from Mary St to approximately 270 Tay St – about 100 metres. Heavy traffic will be detoured via Rockdale Rd/Tweed St/Elles Rd and light vehicles via Lindisfarne

Like pasta is to Italy, so is the Bluff Oyster to Southland, and a new strategy shows how Southland could become a food travellers’ paradise – just like the European nation. The Southland Murihiku Food Tourism Strategy released this week has been created by Great South, based on analysis undertaken

Stage one of a new subdivision in Gore has been almost fully subscribed within 24 hours of going on the market. Eleven of the 15 sections at Matai Ridge went under contract on the first day of the sales. The sections sold for between $149,000 and $205,000, realising a total of just over $2million. M

Invercargill’s recently-rebranded holiday park on the north side of the city on McIvor Rd is keen to welcome holiday travellers. With direct flights from Auckland to Invercargill resuming, Southland could get a well-deserved boost in tourism this holiday season. The locally-owned Invercargill Holida

Environment Southland’s latest monitoring has found elevated levels of toxic algae at Hamilton Burn, at Affleck Road. Toxic algae (benthic cyanobacteria) can be recognised at rivers and streams as a green/brown slime on rocks, or dark brown/black mats at the water’s edge. Several factors can contrib