Mike Sanford

A car has crashed into a power pole near the Lorneville roundabout and Challenge service station. Police and emergency services are at the scene, no reported injuries. The Powernet website is showing power outages in the Lorneville and Makarewa areas. Outage Time Saturday, March 07, 2020 at 19:28 Es

The Masters riders were in record-breaking form on day two of the Vantage Age Group Track National Championships in Invercargill. Local veteran Neil Familton along with Auckland’s Penny Pawson and Waikato’s Julie Graddon all broke national records at the SIT Zero Fees Velodrome. Familton took out th

Tickets have gone on sale for this month’s big weekend of motorsport at Teretonga Park in Invercargill. The New Zealand Super Trucks and Mobil 1 Mainland Muscle Cars are two of the most popular motor racing categories in the country and they will both take to the 2.64 kilometre Teretonga Park track

The South Island Wood Chopping Championships is making a return to the south at the Southland A & P Show on March 7. The South Island meet will be a main attraction at this year’s show and Southland A & P Show president Paula Bell is thrilled to have chopping part of the 2020 event. […]

Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited (FCG) Chairman John Monaghan has confirmed that he will retire as a Director of the Co-operative when his current 3-year term ends at its Annual Meeting this November. In a note to the Co-operative’s farmer-owners and unitholders, Mr Monaghan explained that his de

There will be great racing, great prizes and a great cause at the Northern Southland Trotting Club Yaldhurst Hotel Team Teal Cup Day at Ascot Park Raceway in Invercargill this Saturday. It is a major day for the club with three Group 3 races – the Yaldhurst Hotel Northern Southland Trotting Cup, the

The Gore District Council is seeking more information about spikes last month in the level of ammonia gas emissions from the aluminium dross stored at the former Mataura paper mill. The Council’s resource consent for the storage of the dross has a condition limiting the amount of ammonia gas dischar

SBS Bank has increased its partnership support with the Southland Loss and Grief Centre as it looks to make a difference in Southland. SBS Bank chief executive Shaun Drylie said the bank first became involved in 2018, and last year provided funding for a new support worker for elderly care services