Mike Sanford

The Hawthorndale Care Village has signed an agreement with The Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) to build one of the 13 care homes in the proposed new village. This is a significant financial contribution to the construction of The Hawthorndale Care Village.  SIT trades faculty staff and studen

The country’s first purpose-built online supermarket has opened in Auckland. It will employ 200 people, including 106 new jobs. Countdown said the e-store, which will operate 24-hours a day, seven days a week was planned prior to the virus lockdown. The company said the new e-Store will significantl

There are three new COVID-19 cases in the Southern region, according to the Ministry of Health. The region’s total now sits at 213 confirmed and probable cases. Out of all people with the coronavirus in the region, 116 have so far recovered, and no new cases in Clutha or Southland have been announce

Small businesses in New Zealand will get a $3 billion boost through tax breaks to help them ride out the worst of the impending economic crisis. The latest rescue package comes as the country prepares for a possible lift of level 4 restrictions next week. Cashflow is one immediate problem, which the

As thousands of planes lay dormant around the world, a senior aircraft technician explains a lot of work goes into taking planes out of action. The Covid-19 Coronavirus has left the aviation industry in a state of flux, and more than half of Air New Zealand’s fleet is being stored at airports around

The All of Government COVID-19 National Response will provide an update at 1.00 pm today. Live update: And we’re underway with the latest Covid-19 update. Today the new cases are 20 728 people have now recovered and the total cases in 1386. 13 people are in hospital and three are in ICU Yesterday 21

Te Anau was a hive of activity this morning after the Armed Offenders Squad and emergency services were called to an incident involving a fleeing driver. Witnesses say that a car with three flat tyres was abandoned in the middle of State Highway 94. Police were now searching for the driver with the

Parliament’s Epidemic Response Committee is hearing from media companies and Broadcasting Minister Kris Faafoi as it discusses the impact Covid-19 is having on publishers and broadcasters. NZME announced yesterday 200 jobs will go and suspended publication of popular newspaper supplements in its lat