Mike Sanford

Labour would negotiate to extend the life of the Tiwai Point Aluminium smelter by three to five years if elected, it says. Party leader Jacinda Ardern and energy spokesperson Megan Woods announced the plan today, with negotiations focused on establishing a fair price for the transmission costs paid

Seven war memorials will soon receive some extra special treatment, thanks to funding from the Provincial Growth Fund (PGF). Invercargill City Council has received $680,000 from PGF for the restoration work on the important monuments. The Council applied for the funding when PGF offered the one-time

UPDATED: 10PM Sunday 27th September. A significant cold outbreak with snow down to low levels in many parts of the South Island and severe gales across central New Zealand A deep low to the southeast of New Zealand maintains strong to gale west to northwest winds across the country tonight (Sunday).

Police are seeking witnesses to an aggravated robbery at the Pomona Street Discount Dairy, Invercargill on Saturday night. At around 8:45pm, two men have approached the store and one man presented a metal bar at the store worker, who has run away and called Police. The offenders then entered the sto

Champions were crowned in categories ranging from under 13 to 85-plus in the Outdoor H&J Smith Southland Road and Time Trial Championships that took place over the weekend. The time trial took place on Saturday, with riders facing rather challenging weather conditions as they set off on their solo e

Welcome to Weird History’s Timeline 1987. We’re taking a look at the news, culture, sports, and entertainment during the year 1987. Going back to ’87, the materialistic 80s would see a slew of corruption, from PTL to Ivan Boesky to the Iran-Contra Affair. But there would be some uplifting moments –

A National Government will reduce regulatory burden and give farmers confidence for the future. Leader of the National Party Judith Collins and Agriculture spokesperson David Bennett announced National’s Agriculture policy in Gisborne today. You can read National’s Agriculture & Horticulture Policy

The first 11km section of the flood-damaged Lower Hollyford Road will be repaired. A meeting of key stakeholders including Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency, Southland District Council, Ngāi Tahu and the Department of Conservation agreed this morning that work on this would begin as soon as possible.