Mike Sanford

Mataura Police are appealing for information regarding an incident at a local bike park. Plants have been ripped out of the ground at the Tulloch Park Pump track situated at the corner of Main Street and Glendu Road, Mataura. The toilet block has also been damaged, there is writing on the walls and

Bowel cancer patients in Southland have suffered unacceptable waits of months – and even years in some cases – to get diagnosed because of major failures at Southern District Health Board. A damning independent report released today describes a state of “inter-service warfare” between bowel speciali

Police have been carrying out prevention patrols and check points to identify and stop drivers risking the lives of themselves and others. We focused on drivers using cell phones while driving, driving while intoxicated, speeding, and not wearing seatbelts. It’s with extreme disappointment we advise

Celebrations are brewing for the ILT’s 75th birthday. In a first for the organisation, an “ILT-wide happy hour” will be held across all of its establishments from 5pm to 7pm next Thursday night, 1 August. A limited edition brew, fittingly called Good Decisions, will also be available on tap at sever

The petition of a terminally ill Southland father calling for cancer care reform has been presented to Parliament today. Blair Vining started the petition after he was diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer late last year. The petitions asks for an independent, national cancer agency to be created t

Opinion: It was the 13th of April 2018. The museum, an iconic location for Invercargill was closed to the public. Some staff was allowed to continue to work there, even though they had to close it due to a report received 5 years earlier. The report stated that some parts of the building was less […

Silere Alpine Origin Merino lamb is now being showcased by the UK’s leading online supermarket retailer. The product, a joint venture between 100 per cent farmer-owned co-operative Alliance Group and The New Zealand Merino Company, has gone on sale with British online supermarket Ocado. Online super

Invercargill residents and busineses found themselves in the dark again today, with the fifth powercut in as little as eight weeks affecting parts of the inner-city. According to PowerNet Chief Executive Jason Franklin, a power outage at 7:54am on Wednesday, July 24, resulted in a loss of power in t