Mike Sanford
One person is in a serious condition after two motorcycles crashed near Mount Linton. A Fire and Emergency spokesperson confirmed they are in attendance and the emergency helicopter is in transit. A police spokesperson said Police were called to a crash at the intersection of Run 47 Road and Stuan F
Police can now name the woman who died after a quad bike rolled on a rural property in Chaslands, west of Papatowai, on Thursday 9 May. She was Alice Shirley Mackenzie, aged 83, of Tokanui, Southland District. Our thoughts are with her family and friends at this time.
SdE to their credit have now broken their confidentiality conditions with the WasteNet committee (a coalition of the 3 Councils in Invercargill, Southland District and Gore), which has muzzled them for far too long telling their 82 affected employees and their family members of the pending axe job.
The loss of its waste recycling contract would have devastating effects on Southland disAbilities Enterprises (SdE) and a financial impact on the region if it were to go to a non- Southland provider, Southland Chamber of Commerce chief executive Sheree Carey says. The not-for-profit company, owned b
Southland was battered by gale force winds and rain most of Wednesday continuing today. Below is the forecast from Metservice and some of the photos posted to the What’s On Invers Facebook page, also watch the video of shipping containers falling into the harbour at Southport, Bluff. Severe gale wes
Recovering from a slow start, the Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel showed their class to motor past The Good Oil Tactix when posting a 64-56 win in Christchurch on Wednesday night. After a rusty opening quarter, the Steel found themselves in the unfamiliar position of trailing by 13 goals following t
A disturbed westerly flow covers central and southern New Zealand. A front embedded in this flow moves over southern New Zealand today (Wednesday), with a period of severe westerly gales likely in the far south of the South Island. Severe gale west to northwesterlies for coastal Clutha, Southland in
It’s now less than two months until history is made at the 2019 FMG Young Farmer of the Year Grand Final in Hawke’s Bay. For the first time in the contest’s 51-year history two women will be among the seven grand finalists competing in the prestigious event. Matt McRae is one of the driving forces [