Mike Sanford

Borland Lodge faces an uncertain future Borland Lodge is one of Southland’s most loved destinations and has been providing unique outdoor education and leisure activities to schools, New Zealanders and their families and overseas visitors for nearly 50 years. Borland Lodge is a jewel in the Southlan

There have been two new cases of Covid-19 reported in New Zealand today, none in the Southern region now for 21 consecutive days. Total number of cases in Southern as of 09 May 2020: 216 (confirmed and probable). 8 are active cases, 206 now recovered and two deceased. The most recent case in the Sou

We hear you, Southland building industry We’ve been hearing a lot of frustration in the building community in the past week as work resumed under Alert Level 3. There’s been an expectation that our building team would have been able to deal with your consent applications as fast as they came in. We’

The Ministry of Health has announced no new COVID-19 cases in the Southern district today, for the twentieth consecutive day. The region’s total remains 216, with seven active cases, 207 now recovered and two deceased. Great news bring on level 2 and beyond announcement on Monday. Let’s do this!   M

The All of Government Covid-19 National Response will provide an update at 1.00 pm today. Today’s speakers will be Minister of Finance, Hon Grant Robertson and Director of Public Health, Dr Caroline McElnay. Watch the live stream from 1pm. https://youtu.be/vnTIg6G75KM

National is pushing for struggling businesses to be offered GST cash refunds of up to $100,000 as part of its alternative plan to salve the economic damage caused by Covid-19. The proposal stands in contrast to the government’s scheme for small businesses unveiled last week which offers 12-month int

The global tech giant announced today that it would establish its first datacentre region in New Zealand. In a statement, Microsoft said the New Zealand datacenter region will be the latest addition to its global datacenter footprint. It has 60 datacentre regions worldwide with its Microsoft Azure c

Today the Government revealed details on how living in level 2 will look like. Below are all the details on what or what’s not allowed in level 2 Moving to Alert Level 2 We’ve united against Covid-19 and by continuing to work together we can earn the opportunity to move to Alert Level 2. When […]