Mike Sanford

Work is starting on one of two new roundabouts for Invercargill this week, with traffic congestion and safety expected to improve once they are complete. Last week, Invercargill City Council contractors began work at the intersection of Dunns Road and Marama Avenue in Otatara, where the first new ro

UPDATE: Serious crash, Frankton Road – update – Crash, Frankton Road, Queenstown – Southern” One person has died and another person is seriously injured following a serious crash on Frankton Road this afternoon. A diversion is in place for Queenstown traffic heading to Frankton via Suburb Street and

Southern Bolts & Fasteners NZ Solo Championship and Malcolm Office Sidecar Memorial meeting, Southern Bolts & Fasteners NZ Solo Championship – Final Action photos from Oreti Park Speedway by Vanessa Adcock Photography. Oreti Park Speedway Results, 11 Jan 2020 1st 1NZ Bradley Wilson-Dean 2nd 23c Andr

Environment Southland is seeking feedback on options to protect our vulnerable toheroa, a native surf clam, from the impacts of vehicles on Oreti Beach. It has been estimated that vehicles increase mortality in young toheroa by at least 23%. To protect the current population and hopefully increase t

Gore’s traditional country music celebrations at Queen’s Birthday weekend are set to go up another notch, as familiar and new events are brought together in a new national Tussock Country Music Festival. The brainchild of the New Zealand Country Music Festival Trust, the Tussock Country Music Festiv

Entries are now open for the annual ICC Surf to City on March 8, 2020. Sponsored by the Invercargill City Council and presented by Sport Southland, the ICC Surf to City is Southland’s largest participation event. The full 12km course starts at Oreti Beach and finishes at Queens Park, but there are a

It will be a night to remember for two players from Auckland and Palmerston North after taking home $500,000 with Lotto First Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. The winning tickets were sold at Tom’s Lucky Lotto Shop Takapuna in Auckland and Plaza Lotto in Palmerston North. Powerball was not str

The demolition of the centre city block set to start on 6th January has been halted by competing property developer Gaire Thompson (current landlord of Farmers Department Store). Farmers have signed up as anchor tenant in the new city centre development. Last week Thompson’s lawyers filed an interim