Mike Sanford

The Gore District Council is asking Gore residents to conserve water as the level of the Mataura River continues to drop. The water flow in the river, at Gore, was today down to 18 cubic metres per second (cumecs). When the flow gets below 17cumecs the Council has to instigate water conservation mea

“The deep-south has been largely ignored in the Government’s spend up with Invercargill getting no money for roading improvements, MP for Invercargill Sarah Dowie says. “It’s hard to see how the Government’s transport plans won’t come at the expense of transport investment in the deep south when bil

A relic of New Zealand’s rail past has emerged from the mud 93 years after being dumped in a Southland River. A crowd gathered today as the recovered locomotive was placed in front of the Lumsden Railway Precinct – a tribute to a bygone era. The Lumsden Heritage Trust has been campaigning to retriev

Strong winds are forecast for Thursday and Friday, increase the fire danger across all of Southland and prompting Fire and Emergency to cancel all fire permits till conditions ease. Principal Rural Fire Office, Timo Bierlin says, “the strong northwest gales will bring warm, dry conditions to Southla

Environment Southland’s latest monitoring has found elevated levels of the toxic algae in the Waikaia River. These algae can produce toxins that are harmful to people and animals if swallowed, or through contact with skin. People and animals (dogs in particular) should avoid contact with the Waikaia

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Police can now name the two people killed in a crash on State Highway One, Mataura on 26 January. They were Shaun Luke Hattrill, aged 21, and Nicola Jane Henare, aged 19. Both were from Mataura. Our thoughts are with their families and loved ones. Enquiries into the circumstances of the crash are on

Enquiries into the fatal crash on State Highway One, Mataura is ongoing. The crash occurred at around 5pm on Sunday 26th January. The driver of the crashed car and the front seat passenger were both injured in the crash. They were transported to Dunedin and Invercargill respectively for medical trea