Mike Sanford

Southland Police have located a body in the Longwood Forestry block. The body is believed to be missing man Dale Watene. Mr Watene, 40, went missing on Thursday 16 April from Otautau and has not been seen since. A post mortem is set to go ahead tomorrow and a formal identification process is being u

Fonterra has announced an increase in third quarter earnings before tax of $301 million to $815m, despite the challenges from Covid-19. However the dairy cooperative has lowered its forecast payout to farmers for the season. Chief executive Miles Hurrell said all three business units have delivered

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