Mike Sanford

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

Watch live: Ashley Bloomfield and Andrew Coster on Covid-19 and level 2 rules Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield and Police Commissioner Andrew Coster are providing an update on the Covid-19 response and level 2 rules. Watch the briefing here at 1pm: https://youtu.be/sw5mKv5RHCA

A crash between a car and a ute happened at about 4:20pm on Elles Road outside Splash Palace, closing the northbound lane towards Tay street. A St John spokeswoman confirmed two ambulances attended the scene, two patients with minor injuries and two patients with moderate injuries were taken to Sout

A lucky Lotto player from Waihi will be celebrating after winning $1 million with Lotto First Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. The winning ticket was sold at Paper Plus Waihi & Toyworld in Waihi. Powerball was not struck this evening and has rolled over to Wednesday night, where the jackpot wi

Millions of litres of beer are being tipped down the drain in Australia as huge quantities of the liquid gold goes off in kegs. It is news no beer lover wants to hear, but with pubs and clubs closed due to coronavirus restrictions and most not due to reopen to large numbers any time soon, […]

This means New Zealand’s combined total of confirmed and probable cases remains at 1,498, of which 1,148 are confirmed cases of COVID-19. We now have 1,428 people reported as having recovered from COVID-19, an increase of seven on yesterday. This is 95% of all confirmed and probable cases. Today the

A homicide investigation is underway after the body of a woman was discoveredin Te Anau last night. About 6:35pm, Police received information to suggest a person had died in the area. Police made enquiries before attending a Cleddau Street address where the victim was located deceased, Detective Sen