Mike Sanford

Police are appealing for the public’s help following an aggravated robbery in Invercargill. About 9.20pm on Thursday 30 July a man entered the Gladstone Night ‘n Day, presented what appeared to be firearm and demanded money from the shop assistant. A member of the public intervened before a second m

The Mossburn Diner cafe has been destroyed and two people were taken to hospital after a large fire in the small Southland town of Mossburn last night. Firefighters were called to the Mossburn Diner just before 8pm last night. Eight volunteer crews from around the area worked to put the fire out by

Processing of the Gore District Council’s resource consent application to build a bridge across the Mataura River, as part of its Gore Water Treatment Plant Upgrade, is currently on hold. The Council has applied for land use consents from Environment Southland and itself, as the regulating authority

The government massively underestimated the number of people who would be returning to New Zealand – and the cost of keeping them in managed isolation, according to documents released today. Hundreds of documents related to the government’s pandemic response were released this morning. They included

Southland District Council has confirmed a concept plan for Winton Library will be presented to councillors next month. Group manager services and assets Matt Russell said the project to reinstate the library and office facilities for the community has made great progress in recent months. “We recog

Invercargill Police are investigating an aggravated robbery at a Dee Street business last night. Detective Senior Sergeant Stuart Harvey said two male offenders, one reportedly armed with a firearm, entered the Night’n Day store just before 9.30pm. A member of the public who went to intervene was st

The One News Colmar Brunton poll released tonight has support for Labour at 53 percent, National at 32 percent, NZ First at 2 percent, and the Greens at 5 percent, and ACT is at 5 percent. The New Conservatives and Māori parties were each on 1 percent. On those results, Labour could govern alone. La

Fonterra no longer has to accept milk as a matter of course from anyone wanting to get into dairy farming. Legislation has just been passed in Parliament amending the 20-year-old Dairy Industry Restructuring Act. It was put in place when Fonterra was formed to overcome issues around a monopoly. The