Mike Sanford

Pack the Park photos by Photo: Richard Dimmock Photography and Vanessa Adcock Photography. A Blair Vining Invitational 15 won against an ITM invitational team in Invercargill this afternoon, scoring 52 points to ITM’s 17. The local community gathered to watch and honour the man behind it, Blair Vini

New documents show Southland businesses have serious concerns about the Invercargill City Council being fit to govern. The Department of Internal Affairs requested information from the council in August following rising tensions between elected members, and at times, with staff. The documents were r

Three New Zealand farms are now using electronic cow collars that use sound and vibration to guide and contain individual cows without the need for fences. The collars are designed by the Kiwi agri-tech company Halter. Basil the Friesian cow munches calmly in the paddock. As she moves there’s a quie

Power Play – With the drama and excitement of election night over, it’s now time to get down to business. While Labour celebrates a resounding win, National’s on a soul-searching mission to figure out how it all went so wrong. The swing to Labour was so extraordinary it won the party vote in every s

It is 1989! in New Zealand it was the year TV3 went to air. Weird History presents Timeline: 1989, the last year in the decade of the 1980s. ’89 would see the liberty prevail when the Berlin Wall fell, along with several other countries in Eastern and Central Europe – From Czechoslovakia to Romania,

Two health professionals who work with stroke patients in Southland are encouraging people to be proactive when they recognise stroke symptoms, rather than in hindsight regret what they might have done differently. This applies not only to the person experiencing the symptoms but also to family and

A weekend of friendship, fun, memories and long lost friends — all those with ties to Woodlands School are invited to come along and celebrate a community milestone at the Woodlands School 150th Jubilee. From past and present — pupils, teachers, well-wishers, board and committee members alike will g

Fonterra is raising its forecast farmgate milk price for the current dairy season, driven by improved demand in China. The mid point in the forecast price range is $6.80 per kilogram of milk solids, up from $6.40. The margin on either side is plus or minus 50 cents. Fonterra chief executive Miles Hu