Mike Sanford

Two online players have each pocketed $5.03 million after Saturday night's Powerball Must Be Won Draw rolled down from First Division — one ticket sold to a Wellington player, the other to someone in the Tasman region. Neither ticket matched all the Powerball First Division requirements, so the

Tonight's Powerball draw is the last of its kind — and Lotto NZ has made it a $10 million Must Be Won event to send the old game off with a bang. The draw, held this Saturday September 12, is the final one under the current 10-ball format. From

Agricultural training in the South took a major step forward today, with the commencement of the Southern Institute of Technology's Telford campus refurbishment, Invercargill MP Penny Simmonds says. "Today marks the beginning of the $2.4 million campus refurbishment and the start of even more positive change

Thirteen thousand eight hundred Southland homes are warmer than they were. But roughly 16,500 still aren't. The Southland Warm Homes Trust is marking 15 years of operation and celebrating the reach of the Warmer Kiwi Homes Programme — while being straight about how much work remains in one

Stewart Island air services have taken off thanks to Government support announced today, Invercargill MP Penny Simmonds says. "A $640,000 loan to South East Air, owner of aircraft operated by Stewart Island Flights, will support the refurbishment and return to service of an aircraft it owns - boosting

ILT maintains investment in people and community through challenging trading year ILT Group held its Annual General Meeting on 8 September, outlining its financial performance for the year ended 31 March 2026. Against a challenging operating environment for the hospitality and accommodation sector, ILT maintained revenue broadly in line with

Kennards Hire's Invercargill branch has won New Zealand Branch of the Year for the second year in a row — a title that surprised the people who earned it most. The six-person team beat out 31 other branches across the country to take the top honour at the company&

Community Trust South has a new board member. Erin Moogan has been appointed to the trust, which manages investment portfolios and distributes grants across Southland and the wider region. The appointment is one of 25 made across nine of New Zealand's 12 community trusts, announced by Associate Finance