Mike Sanford

Police have now released photos of the offender who robbed the Traffers Bar in Gore at around 8.45pm on Sunday 30 June. The man entered the Hokonui Drive premises armed with a knife and demanded cash from the bar manager. Unable to access the till, he fled from the scene on foot. The offender was […

Two concrete pillars commemorating pupils of the former Charlton School who made the ultimate sacrifice in World War II have found a new home. The memorial pillars stood for decades at the Charlton Hall, about 6km south of Gore. They were recently offered to the Gore District Council when the hall w

The Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel has retained its highly-rated midcourt and added a new shooter into the mix to finalise its roster for the 2020 ANZ Premiership. Silver Ferns Gina Crampton and Shannon Saunders will line up for their seventh season with the southern franchise, while Kate Heffernan

The contract for the construction of a new Pyramid Bridge has been awarded to New Zealand company Concrete Structures (NZ) Ltd. Gore District Council Transport Manager Peter Standring said the company was one of four to tender for the project. It is planned to have work start on the site before mid-

The man missing from a cabin boat, Sundance 2, on Lake Wakatipu since Sunday 30 June has been named as Matthew Charles Duncan. The married 46-year-old from Bluff, known as Matt is the owner of Painting Solutions and had been working in Queenstown. Mr Duncan was the sole passenger aboard the cabin bo

Community Trust South has today announced the appointment of Penny Simmonds as the new chair of Community Trust South. Simmonds takes over as the trust’s chair position from Margot Hishon. Lindsay Wright will remain as the deputy chair. Wright says “The board agreed that Penny has the right skills a

A search is underway to locate a man missing from a boat in Lake Wakatipu since yesterday morning, Sunday 30 June. The man was the sole passenger aboard a cabin boat which set out onto the lake from the Earnslaw slipway by the Wakatipu Yacht Club around 9:30am. The boat was then seen on the […]

Police have arrested one person in relation to the suspicious house fire that occurred at a Seaward Road house in Edendale, Southland, about 1am on Saturday 29 June. A 21-year-old man is due to appear in Invercargill District Court today, charged with arson. Police are currently not seeking anyone e