Mike Sanford

Invercargill Police are seeking sightings of a vehicle in relation to missing man Dale Watene, who was last seen on April 16 in Otautau. Mr Watene had been using a blue 1995 Isuzu SUV style vehicle (pictured below) registration CGE638. This vehicle was located by Police on April 18 at Holt Park in O

Fourteen people have been arrested and 50 vehicles have been recovered after 112 Jucy rental vehicles were stolen last week In a release, police said they understand 112 vehicles were stolen from the car yard in Mangere last week. Fifty of the vehicles have been recovered so far. “The vast majority

The All of Government COVID-19 National Response will provide updates at 1.00 pm and 1.30 pm today. The level 4 lockdown has ended and New Zealand is now in alert level 3. The country will be in alert level 3 for at least two weeks and Cabinet will reveal what happens next on 11 May. […]

A Bluff restaurant which was at the centre of the country’s largest Covid-19 outbreak is reopening today, as it prepares to move on. A wedding at the Southland town’s Oyster Cove Restaurant has been linked to 98 cases of the virus. From that cluster, 68 people have recovered so far. Oyster Cove dire

Up to 400 people could die from cancer if hospitals don’t catch up quickly enough after the lockdown, the Cancer Society says. It was basing its analysis on new British research into the impact a three-month delay in cancer diagnosis and treatment there because of the pandemic. The study, by The Ins

Local businesses – they are the heart of our region’s economy and after weeks in lockdown it is time to show them some love. That is the call from Southland’s Regional Development Agency, Great South, who has developed a campaign to encourage Southlanders to buy local, stay local and be local during

While level 3 allows a bit more movement for people, those anticipating a sojourn too far from their neighbourhood still need a very good reason to travel. Here’s the answers to some of your questions: Who is allowed to travel further afield? It’s only a small, elite group. This includes those trave

The success of a mobile app to contact trace Covid-19 cases depends on whether its users can trust their data will be protected, privacy and technology experts say. The Ministry of Health plans to make the voluntary TraceTogether app, developed in Singapore, available in the next fortnight to track