Mike Sanford

The cooling of the afternoon temperature didn’t deter over 40 Southland farmers giving surfing a go at Monkey Island late yesterday (Thursday 12th December). “We were expecting maybe 20 last night but they just kept coming, which was great!” says event organiser Tom Slee. Everyone received a quick l

Enquiries into an aggravated burglary and kidnapping in Invercargill on 19 November are continuing, with a further five search warrants being carried out in the past three weeks. As a result of the warrants, two women – aged 25 and 34 – have been charged with possession of methamphetamine for supply

Invercargill City Council is pleased to have unanimously agreed on a proposed pathway forward for the city’s much-loved museum, following months of doubt, discussion, and anguish. His Worship the Mayor Sir Tim Shadbolt acknowledged the community’s strong desire to see the pyramid reopened – a desire

It’s new, it’s better and it’s easier to operate. That’s the view of customers using the new recycling centre on Mersey Street. Hamish McMurdo, General Manager Southland Disability Enterprises said the drop off centre is safer and more efficient. ‘We opened on 30 November and already people can see

Sun, sea and soil: these are the key ingredients for growing New Zealand’s largest-ever medical cannabis crop. The first seedlings are now in the ground along the salt-laden and sunny slopes of Kēkerengū – just north of Kaikōura. The ocean-side plantation run by research and development and cultivat

We are very excited to announce, our Southland Chair, Cathie Cotter has been successful in being appointed as a member of the National Council of Rural Support Trusts (RST). Cathie replaces Gavan Herlihy from the Otago Rural Support Trust. Southland Rural Support Coordinator Lindsay Wright says, “It

Leading New Zealand energy companies Meridian Energy and Contact Energy are co‐funding a $2 million feasibility study to investigate the potential of a large scale, renewable hydrogen production facility in the lower Southland. Contact CEO Mike Fuge said the hydrogen production, export and dry year

Hopes the thousands of tonnes of toxic waste stored in Mataura would be removed this year are now gone. The Environment Court mediation between the Environmental Defence Society and the waste’s producer New Zealand Aluminium Smelters and their owner Rio Tinto continued this week. The society had hop