Mike Sanford

A lucky Powerball player from Christchurch will be popping the champagne after scoring themselves $7.5 million with Powerball First Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. The winning ticket was sold at Redwood Mini Market in Christchurch and is made up of $7 million from Powerball First Division and

The sound of bagpipes was ringing out across Invercargill yesterday (Friday 13th) and continues today, as Invercargill and the ILT City of Invercargill Highland Pipe Band plays host to the 2020 Pipe On In New Zealand Championships. Pipe bands from across the country, including Invercargill, will be

Southland’s rich cycling history gets a further boast with New Zealand’s leading team based cycling series being held in the region for the first time. The opening round of the Calder Stewart Cycling Series, the Wensleys Cycles Southland Classic, is being held in Wyndham, eastern Southland, this Sun

US President Donald Trump says the US will suspend all travel from Europe to the United States for the next 30 days because of the Covid-19 coronavirus. US President Donald Trump addresses the Nation from the Oval Office about the widening novel coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis in Washington, DC on Mar

Gore’s District Council could be fined $1.5 million after a three-year-old drowned in a wastewater treatment pond last year. The council has been charged in connection with the death of three-year-old Lachlan Jones, who drowned in a wastewater treatment pond in January last year. Lachlan could not b

A new funding and support collective has been launched in Southland and Otago, creating a network for startups and investors to converge. Mainland Angel Investors (MAI) an angel investment network founded by Startup Dunedin, COIN South and Startup Queenstown Lakes, officially launched on Wednesday e

More than a month on from Southland’s floods Emergency Management Southland (EMS) is continuing with Recovery efforts – with advice and support still widely available. Recovery Manager Ken Swinney said EMS recovery coordinators have been active in flood affected areas. In Fiordland, Community Board

A Southland man who stole two police-issued pistols and a patrol car, triggering a manhunt, has been sentenced to more than three years in prison. Rammed police car and stole two Glock pistols – sentenced to more than 3 years in jail, $2000 in reparation. Hori Gemmell was arrested in Te Tipua, near