Mike Sanford

The dairy industry wants New Zealanders to fall back in love with life on the farm. With Covid-19 meaning the migrant workforce is not available, it is predicted the sector will need to fill 1000 jobs in time for Moving Day on 1 June – the first day of the new dairy season. The Fortuna […]

For weeks the country has been hammered with the message to stick to your own bubble and stay indoors. But with economic pressure growing the government is seriously considering opening up New Zealand’s entire bubble to Australia. That idea prompted Australian leader Scott Morrison to ask Prime Mini

Great South – Southland’s regional development agency, is urging the Government to allow interregional travel from Alert Level 2 sooner than later. Chief executive Graham Budd said because of the region’s geographical location and low resident population, it was already disadvantaged, and further de

The Ministry of Health has announced no new COVID-19 cases in the Southern district today, for the sixteenth consecutive day. The region’s total remains 216, with nine active cases, 205 now recovered and two deceased. Total number of cases in Southern as of 4th May (confirmed and probable). 9 are ac

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern provided an update following the Cabinet meeting this afternoon. “My message remains the same … stay the course. We cannot afford to squander the good work to date when our end goal is close and within reach,” Ardern said. A week from today, on 11 May, Cabinet will deci

The All of Government COVID-19 National Response will provide an update at 1.00 pm today. Speakers: Dr Ashley Bloomfield, Director-General of Health. A livestream of the update will be available on this page later today. Live Updates: There are no new cases of Covid-19 today, but one probable case h

A state-of-the-art manikin and a multi-service team of medical professionals are proving invaluable in Southern DHB’s fight against COVID-19. Led by Southern DHB Emergency Department consultant and Otago Clinical Skills Laboratories Director Dr Ohad Dar and Otago Clinical Skills Laboratories Clinica

Drummond woman Jessica Goodwright has been announced as one of four Dairy Women’s Network (DWN) finalists for the 2020 DWN Regional Leader of the Year Award. Jessica is the Dairy Women’s Network Regional Leader for Central Southland, and also farms in equity partnership with another dairy farm in So