Mike Sanford

The search for the missing boatie on Lake Hauroko has been suspended indefinitely. Police and partners have searched the lake multiple times since the boat was reported missing on 31 May, however the missing man has not been located. Police will continue to assess any new information that comes to l

Corbin Strong has been one of the finds of the season. The St George Continental cycling team rider has had a campaign littered with success including back-to-back young rider classification wins on the UCI Asia Tour. Corbin Strong has been one of the finds of the season. The St George Continental c

What an absolute shambles Mondays’ extraordinary meeting was, to deal with the WasteNet issue. I presented a paper raising concerns and then sat and observed what I can only call a circus. The issue that ICC faces is that Invercargill City Councillors were split (needing the Mayor to cast a mayoral

Following careful consideration of the detailed resource consent decision and ongoing positive dialogue with the HWCP Directors, H&J Smith will not appeal the decision of Invercargill City Council to grant resource consent to the HWCP mall development. “As a leading champion of inner city revitalisa

Police are appealing for sightings of 73-year-old Alan David Bell who has a warrant to arrest for assault matters. He is described as between 171cm and 175cm tall and of medium build. He may be the in the Southland area. Anyone with information about his whereabouts is urged to contact 105 or their

Southland Housing Action Forum (SHAF) is thrilled to announce that Habitat for Humanity Invercargill is the new owner of the Kew Bowl site after their tender was accepted by the Invercargill City Council. SHAF submitted an expression of interest in January and were asked to then tender for the prope

It’s looking likely that the Government is about to shank Southern Institute of Technology and merge it into a new bureaucratic entity called New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology (NZIST). Labour’s tertiary education reforms will be wider than first thought and will strip the Southern Insti

Air New Zealand has this week launched a southern inspired campaign ahead of the airline’s first ever direct scheduled jet service between Auckland and Invercargill which gets underway at the end of August. The month-long campaign ‘Find yourself speechless in Southland’ has been developed in partner