Mike Sanford

Environment Southland is forecasting a drop in income of around $3.5 million in the coming 2020-21 financial year due to the impact of COVID-19 on tourism and income from investments. A strong balance sheet and a reduction in expenditure mean the Council is in a good position to weather the shock, b

Extraordinary Meeting of the Invercargill City Council to be held in the Victoria Room, Civic Theatre on Thursday 28 May at 3.00 pm. Note: Sound isn’t the loudest in parts Read more here about the meeting https://bit.ly/2XGh569

Community Trust South – Response to Covid-19 It is acknowledged that these are extraordinary times and while the impact of Covid-19 on our communities is still evolving, we already know that it will be significant. “We have been heartened to see communities pull together and support each other to be

The All of Government COVID-19 National Response will provide an update at 1.00 pm today. Speaker: Director-General of Health, Dr Ashley Bloomfield The most recent case in the Southern district was reported on 18 April. Since then there have been no new cases in the district, making today the 40th c

UPDATE: Today’s launch has been cancelled till Sunday 7am NZ time. Watch history unfold on live as NASA and SpaceX launch astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley to the International Space Station. This mission marks the first time since the retirement of the space shuttle in 2011 that humans w

An ambitious one-year bridge replacement programme kicked off in Southland District in May. Up to 19 bridges, most of them old wooden structures, will be replaced over the next 12 months, with the work divided into two contracts, northern and southern. SouthRoads has the northern contract of up to n

After 120 years in business, H&J Smith is planning to close or downsize all of its stores other than its flagship Invercargill department store. Under the proposal, its H&J’s stores in Dunedin, Mosgiel, Balclutha and Te Anau would all close, while H&J Smith in Gore would reduce in size, and the Take

At yesterday’s Council meeting, the revised Southland Flood Control Management Bylaw was adopted. The bylaw, which becomes operative on Saturday 23 May, aims to manage and protect the integrity of Environment Southland’s assets like stop banks, detention dams, bridges, culverts and tide gate structu