Mike Sanford

Emergency services are at the scene of a serious crash on the Te Anau Mossburn Highway, Southland. NZTA are stating that SH 94 Mossburn, between Block Road and Christie Road is where the accident is. Police were called about 2.50pm. Initial reports are there may be serious injuries. The road is bloc

A fire was deliberately lit next to a retail store on Dee Street in the early hours of Friday morning. CCTV footage shows a group of youths walking pass the Daily Needs Mini Mart on Dee Street with the leader of the group stopping and lights cardboard boxes stored outside next door to the store. […]

Opinion: Like hundreds of other concerned Southlanders, I went to the event last Friday at SIT’s Hansen Hall. I listened to Hon Chris Hipkins explain what he was planning for the the vocational training sector and why. I found his plan and his reasoning very unconvincing. The issue that the minister

In the week since Stand Up For SIT was launched, we have seen phenomenal support for the Southern Institute of Technology (SIT). Southland turned out in droves to meet Education Minister Chris Hipkins at the public meeting last week and I am so grateful and humbled by the people who have chosen to w

Due to a crash, there is traffic management in place south of the intersection with Otaitai Road. Road users are advised to take extra care.

Environment Southland’s latest monitoring has found elevated levels of the toxic algae benthic cyanobacteria in the Hamilton Burn at Affleck Road. These algae can produce toxins that are harmful to people and animals if swallowed, or through contact with skin. People and animals (dogs in particular)

Emergency services have been called to the scene of a serious crash involving a truck and car on Te Anau Milford Highway, Fiordland National Park. Police were called around 2.30pm. Initial indications are one person has received serious injuries. Two helicopters have been dispatched. Motorists are a

Fonterra’s comments have come in submissions to the biggest structural change in the dairy industry for almost two decades. At stake are a range of state-enforced constraints that were imposed on Fonterra when it was set up at the start of the century. They were intended to stop the company from exp