Mike Sanford

A Southland student has added wandering bison to her list of potential traffic hazards when driving overseas. Kayla Calder, 17, who’s from Dipton, has just returned from a three-week TeenAg exchange to the United States. “It was the trip of a lifetime. I had an amazing time. It was great to experien

On 29 July at approximately 11.30am a Bond Contracts truck and a trailer was involved in a crash on the Winton Hedgehope Highway, Springhills. Police have been advised that the driver of a Suzuki Swift car stopped and assisted at the scene until Police arrived. The driver left the scene before Polic

Concerns are growing for the wellbeing of 72-year-old John MacGregor, who has been missing from his home in Edendale, Southland, since the early hours of Sunday 21 July. John was last seen wearing a dark multi-coloured knee length dressing gown. John’s blue Toyota Corona has been located stuck at th

Telecom company Spark will pay competitor Sky Television to set up a new pop-up channel specifically for the Rugby World Cup, but said it was not an admission it could not deliver over its own streaming channel. Spark wants a 36 hour delay should the Commerce Commission approve the merger between Sk

A person is in a critical condition after a rubbish truck rolled on State Highway 96 in Southland this morning, blocking the road. Emergency services were called shortly before 11.30am at the highway’s intersection Chisholm Rd and State Highway 96 between Winton and Hedgehope. A police spokesperson

George Bennett and Tom Scully made it through 21 days of some of the most entertaining racing in recent Tour de France history with very different races, but the duo lit up the final stage in Paris and can come away with their heads held high. Between three Kiwis our hopes were high of a […]

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