Mike Sanford

A lucky Powerball player from Auckland will be popping the champagne after winning $5.3 million with Powerball First Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. The $5.3 million prize is made up of $5 million from Powerball First Division and $333,333 from Lotto First Division. The winning ticket was sol

Below is a list of Anzac Day services around Invercargill and the Southland region on Thursday. This information is sourced from the rsa.org.nz website. If there are any omissions please email us the details. Athol: 10am Serviced at Athol Memorial Hall. After the service a gun salute will take place

A fishing boat has found wreckage from a helicopter that is missing in the Auckland Islands with three crew on board. Rescue Coordination Centre NZ is overseeing the search for the helicopter that had flown from Invercargill – a 1,000 kilometre round trip (500 km each way) – to conduct a private med

Early Tuesday morning (23rd April) a suspicious fire destroyed three vehicles parked behind Northern Auto Services in Windsor. Emergency services acted quickly to extinguish the fire avoiding major damage to the workshop. Messages to the What’s On Invers FaceBook page included “Big fire at what look

Police were called to a family harm matter in Invercargill shortly after 10am. After threatening people at an address a man has then fled in a vehicle. While responding to the incident Police located the vehicle near Grasmere and attempted to stop it by laying road spikes. The fleeing driver has avo

Enquiries are continuing into the burglary of a Queenstown jewellery store on Sunday 21 April. Police have now established that a car which fled from Police in the Dipton area that night – that we believe may be linked to the burglary – had a rear registration plate (LQL818) which had been stolen fr

Police are investigating the burglary of a Queenstown jewellery store overnight. The store on Grant Road in the Five Mile Shopping Complex was broken into at around midnight, and a significant number of expensive men’s watches were stolen, along with a computer and cash. Police are following strong

In the early hours of Saturday morning (20th April) the ATM at Farm Fresh South Milk in Woodlands was rammed and a small amount of money taken. Police are investigating a burglary that occurred in the Woodlands area overnight. It’s believed a vehicle rammed a shed door to gain access to an ATM insid