Mike Sanford

A body has been found inside of a van which crashed into the Kawarau River near Queenstown yesterday. Motorists found debris on the side of State Highway 6 near the Victoria Flats Bridge about 6.40pm yesterday. A van was later found partially submerged in the Kawarau River, about 30km from Queenstow

Today there are no new cases of COVID-19 in New Zealand. The total number of cases in Southern as of 20 May 2020 is 216 (confirmed and probable). One case remains active, 213 individuals have now recovered and two are deceased. The most recent case in the Southern district was reported on 18 April.

The government’s new Covid-19 contact tracing app is now available. Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield told Morning Report the app would be helpful for getting the country towards alert level 1, but not critical. The number of cases is still the biggest factor. “When you download the ap

We are disappointed that Airways have decided to close the Air Traffic Control Tower at Invercargill Airport Invercargill general manager Nigel Finnerty. We do not support the decision to remove the air traffic controllers from our operations before we have a solution in place to safely and effectiv

The Longwood forestry block area was the subject of an extensive search for Dale Watene on Saturday 16 May. Thirty LandSAR volunteers from Southland and Otago completed the search for the missing Otautau man. Some areas of interest were identified and further searches are planned. Mr Watene, 40, was

Ratepayers are being asked to make a huge decision – whether to back the Invercargill City Council’s request for a loan from developers for the CBD development. An additional $16 million is needed before the major inner city project goes ahead, and the council has already contributed $30 million. Wi

The Ministry of Health has announced no new COVID-19 cases in the Southern district today. The region’s total remains 216, with one active case, 213 now recovered and two deceased. In the Southern district, it has now been 30 days since a new case was reported. There are no new cases of COVID-19 to

103 players from all over New Zealand will be celebrating after each winning $10,363 in Saturday’s Strike Must Be Won draw. The Strike Must Be Won jackpot of $1 million was not won by a single ticket and therefore rolled down to Division 2, where it was shared by the 103 players. Marie Winfield, Hea