Mike Sanford

The man who shot another man at random while walking near Queens Park was sentenced to four and a half years in prison on Friday. Anthony Miles Watkins, 25, was charged with unlawful possession of a sawn-off double-barrelled shotgun, wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and unlawful po

With the real estate market heating up in the south, Mike Pero is now opening a Southland branch with superstar seller Sheree Williams at the helm. Sheree is proud to be the Brand and Territory Owner of Mike Pero Real Estate, with the branch known as Mike Pero Real Estate, Southland. Sheree has spen

We need it to have strong leadership and vision, it needs to be a well chaired, cohesive group of forward-thinking fresh people. It needs to have strong proven governance skills, which means knowing what its role is and the difference between governance and management. We need people who know and un

Adventure Southland is celebrating 20 years of getting out and about in Southland with an Open Day on Sunday 13th October. From humble beginnings operating out of a vehicle, they have expanded to their present location in Lorneville. As well as a wide variety of high ropes, low ropes, and team build

Focus Technology Group, which began in Invercargill and now spans much of the South Island with seven branches, had a successful evening at the NZ Lenovo Partner Awards last week. CEO Rod Sinclair and Technical Director Geoff Hinton attended the awards evening last Thursday and were proud to be reco

We all take chances every day, and no matter how careful we are, any of us can die at any time. You could be involved in a car crash, get knocked off your bike, fall on the footpath, slip getting out of the bath, or off a ladder. An aeroplane could fall out of the […]

UPDATED: Heavy Snow Watch lifted for : Inland Southland and Clutha west of Tapanui: The risk of significant snowfall has passed, and the Watch has been lifted.   Brief heavy rain for the South Island West Coast and the Tararua Range, snow for inland Southland and Clutha, and possibly severe gale nor

Western Southland Police are reminding people to secure fuel tanks and vehicles, after recent reports of diesel thefts in the area. Vehicles targeted include commercial vehicles on worksites, as well as those left in isolated areas such as paddocks. This week, there have been fuel thefts reported fr