Mike Sanford

A modern and solution to a significant workplace safety risk has seen a Southland business take home a national award. Invercargill-based automation engineering and electrical company EIS won the Gold Innovation Award at the 2019 Master Electricians Excellence Awards earlier this month in Auckland i

Ten of the current twelve Invercargill City Councillors are seeking re-election on October 12th, who will you be putting back around the council table? Take our poll below.   Are you registered to vote? If you have already registered to be on the parliamentary (electoral) roll, you are automatically

Lauren Phillips, a 21-year-old apprentice from Invercargill, is competing at the WorldSkills tournament in Russia this week. Is she nervous? ‘Not really’. Apprentice plumber Lauren Phillips laughing, again. Lauren Phillips, 21, apprehensively rolls up her left sleeve and flexes her muscles, as reque

Air New Zealand’s full-year profit has hit headwinds as higher fuel costs and slower passenger growth hit its earnings. The airline reported a net profit of $270 million, 30 percent lower than a year ago. A 29 percent rise in fuel costs, together with increased costs, more than offset growth in the

Staying true to the genuine values of the quintessential Southern man comes naturally for newly appointed Speights Ale House manager Sam Harpur. He’s just a few weeks into his new role and already relishing the chance to lead one of Invercargill’s most popular establishments. “I’m really excited to

Who remembers the Friday auctions at Todd & Co Auction House? While it has been a few years since the hammer fell for the last time, something new is now on the horizon. Hospice Invercargill is teaming up with Harcourts Auctioneer Sean Bellew for monthly Steptoe auctions on the last Friday of every

Exclusive: Listen to the audio from today’s (Wednesday 21st August)  ICC extraordinary Wastenet meeting. It’s an action-packed 17 minutes that will help you make up your mind on which of the returing ten councilors you will return to council and who you make Mayor. The meeting was over as far as May

Invercargill Police are appealing for information following two recent incidents which targeted the same service station. On Tuesday 20 August, about 9pm, a man entered the BP Elles Road service station and threatened the attendant with a knife before stealing a quantity of cash. The man is describe