Mike Sanford

Plan for weekday delays of up to five minutes while work is carried out on the SH99 Oreti Bridge near Wallacetown from 8 May until August 2019. Allow extra time for your journey. Work involves relocating fibre optic cables along the length of the bridge and removing the bridge parapet and replacing

Roll up, roll up – come one, come all! Tickets for the 2019 ILT Kidzone festival are now on sale! Drawing inspiration from the wonderful world of the circus, the 2019 ILT Kidzone Festival will be held from Wednesday 10 to Monday 15 July at James Hargest College Senior Campus. Festival Director Karen

Police made an early morning raid on an Invercargill home leading to an arrest. This morning Invercargill Police, along with the AOS squad executed a search warrant at a Shannon Street address in Invercargill says Acting Detective Sergeant Matt Wyatt. This was in relation to drug dealing and firearm

Police have announced a new number to call in non-emergency situations. Close up of a man using mobile smart phone The number – 105 – will be for contacting police about situations like a stolen car or property damage or if people want to give information about crime in their local area. It is free

A woman has died after a quad bike rolled on a rural property in Chaslands, west of Papatowai. Emergency services were called to the scene off Chaslands Highway about 3:50pm. Worksafe has been advised and the death will be referred to the coroner.

The Invercargill City Council’s marketing campaign for Discover our Parks has won a national award. Recreation Aotearoa presented Council staff with the award for marketing and media at a ceremony in Auckland last week. In March, Council’s Parks and Recreation team organised a week of events to cele

A further discovery of the invasive seaweed Undaria pinnatifida (Undaria) at a new site in Fiordland is disappointing, but should not be seen as an opportunity to give up trying to control the marine pest within the area. Divers on a joint agency compliance trip discovered one mature Undaria plant a

Southland student Hamish Goatley is using his love of tractors and machinery to make hay while the sun shines. The 18-year-old spent six weeks over the summer school holidays driving for an agricultural contractor. “It was an amazing learning experience. I really enjoyed it. It was my first season o