Mike Sanford

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

Invercargill resident Beverley Sherman knows from experience how important it is to get to hospital immediately after the onset of stroke symptoms, as two weeks after a stroke the “miracle patient” is being discharged from hospital having made a full recovery. Bright-eyed and articulate, Beverley re

Heavy rain and severe northwest gales for parts of the South Island, and severe northwest gales possible for lower North Island. An active front is forecast to move northeast across the South Island today and on Sunday, and weaken as it approaches the lower North Island early Monday. The front is ex

Update: Update: Serious crash, Queenstown – Frankton Road, Queenstown – Southern” Frankton Road has reopened following a serious crash this morning. The three-car crash occurred about 7:25am. One person was critically injured and another sustained minor injuries. Police would like to thank motorists

Southland District Council has granted resource consent for a commercial rafting operation on the Mataura and Oreti rivers. Team leader resource management Marcus Roy confirmed consent had been approved for Phillip and Rachael Joostens, of Mataura, subject to a range of conditions which would be mon

Nearly $250,000 has been donated back to the Te Anau community through the fundraising efforts of the Kepler Challenge. Considered one of the best events on the New Zealand trail running calendar, the annual 60km mountain race around Fiordland’s famous Kepler track has been running since 1988. Keple

The $15m realignment of State Highway 1 (SH1) around Edendale township to reduce travel times between Gore and Invercargill, and improve safety from the increasing number of heavy vehicles using this road.bypass is now complete and open. Video: youtube