Mike Sanford

At a full council meeting on Tuesday, Invercargill City councillors committed to $700,000 annual funding of ILT Stadium for the next three years, an increase of 57% on the previous $400,000 funding agreement. The Stadium’s owners, Southland Indoor Leisure Centre Charitable Trust, requested the incre

The Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel are set to push for a fourth consecutive Finals Series appearance in the upcoming 2020 ANZ Premiership. The Steel completed an important piece of their campaign preparations alongside all ANZ Premiership teams at a pre-season tournament hosted by Te Wānanga o Rauk

Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) are committed to building a pipeline of entrepreneurial-minded young people who will boost the prosperity in New Zealand through sponsorship of The Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme (YES) in Southland. SIT recently signed on to continue their sponsorship

Sideways action will be to the fore as Oreti Park Speedway hosts a plethora of championship titles this weekend. Spectators will be treated to two-days of racing as riders across all divisions strive to etch their name on an array of silverware up for grabs. Eight riders will contest the Newfield Au

A period of heavy rain and northerly gales for western parts of the South Island. An active front is forecast to move northwards over the South Island on Tuesday bringing periods of heavy rain to the West Coast, and possible severe northerly gales for Fiordland and western parts of Southland. Strong

Thirty-nine Lotto players will be enjoying a boost to their bank account after each winning $26,117 with Lotto Second Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. Eight lucky players also won Powerball Second Division, taking their total winnings to $35,771. The winning Powerball Second Division tickets w

A team of about 25 volunteers turned up on Thursday 27th February to start the massive task of cleaning up rubbish from an old Gore landfill, exposed during the recent floods. The clean-up was organised by the Hokonui Mountain Bike Club with help from Gore District Council contractor K2 Kontracting

Air New Zealand has launched its latest safety video that moves away from celebrity appearances to push an environmental message on New Zealand’s endangered native birds. The video A Journey to Safety takes a different approach from the widely criticised video of two years ago – called a ‘weird mish