Mike Sanford

Support for Labour is steady on 47 percent, while National has fallen one point to 32 percent in the latest TVNZ Colmar Brunton poll. ACT is on 8 percent, Green on 6 percent, and NZ First continues to languish on 2 percent, well below the 5 percent needed to enter Parliament. The previous Colmar Bru

The SIT Zero Fees Southland Sharks have named a powerful four-man squad for the Schick 3X3 Cup to be played at ILT Stadium Southland next month. The all-star squad features New Zealand 3X3 representatives Hyrum Harris and Alonzo Burton, together with Sharks fan favourite Dom Kelman-Poto and the retu

A West Coast farmer was disconcerted to find a farm track on his property listed as a road on Google Maps. Andrew Stewart is a sharemilker at Taramakau, inland from Kumara, on the West Coast. He said the so-called road is in fact a farm race used for herding stock or driving tractors. Upon learning

New Zealand-based Ubiquitome is ramping up production of its mobile, real-time (RT) PCR technology with funding from the United States’ National Institutes of Health (NIH) Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) initiative. Ubiquitome is the only NZ private company to be accepted into the highly co

Top junior cycling talent from across New Zealand competed in the Yunca Junior Tour of Southland over the weekend, with a revamped course challenging riders with six stages spread over three days. Rather than be based mostly in and around Invercargill, the route took riders to different parts of Sou

Update: Tuesday 6th October. Due to strong winds overnight there have been a few flare-ups. Fire crews are managing these and will continue fighting the fire today. Helicopters are not currently able to fly due to the strong winds. This will be reassessed if the weather changes. It will be a challen

Southland Hospital’s Clinical Director of Medicine, Dr Prosen Ghosh is urging Southlanders to recognise the signs of a stroke and to overcome their natural stoicism so they get to hospital faster for better health outcomes. “Southlanders are inherently stoic but a stroke is a medical emergency requi

Council workers are checking for damage after weekend flooding in Southland and civil defence is following up with people whose homes were affected. A number roads in Southland remained closed on Monday morning due to flooding and slips, while others have temporary speed limits. Some coastal areas e