Mike Sanford

Despite confirmation that New Zealand’s 16 polytechnics will merge into a single entity in 2020, it is business as usual at the Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) from 2020 and beyond. Students who wish to study at SIT are assured that multi-year programmes are safe to enrol in, with the Governm

A plan to develop a charity hospital in Southland is being launched tonight. The plan was first floated by Southland farmer Blair Vining, and his wife Melissa. Mr Vining, 39, has campaigned for better cancer care since being diagnosed with terminal bowel cancer last October. The plan will be launche

This World Suicide Prevention Day, Mike King and the mental health charity The Key to Life Charitable Trust is launching a new study into the final letters or messages left by victims of suicide. The study, the first of its kind in New Zealand, will look to find practical answers as to why so many [

The death of the clipboard is imminent as the Invercargill City Council Building Services team goes digital. Building inspectors have this week begun electronic inspections – swapping their clipboards for tablets. Electronic inspections are the first step in the rollout of Go Get – a suite of applic

Police are now in a position to name the man who died following a boat rolling in Fiordland on Saturday afternoon. He was 57-year-old Peter John McKenzie, of Invercargill. Mr McKenzie and his two companions made it to shore near the river mouth at Wairaurahiri, but sadly Mr McKenzie had died by the

Police are seeking witnesses to an assault that occurred on the corner of Dee and Esk Streets, Invercargill, yesterday, Sunday 8 September. A man was assault by another man outside the Night and Day at around 3:15 am. The victim suffered a fractured jaw after allegedly being punched then kicked whil

Invercargill Police is urging the community to be vigilant following a recent spate of thefts from vehicles. Over the last month Police has received 10 reports of people who had items stolen from their vehicles in recreation areas and reserves around Invercargill. “When you leave your vehicle please

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