Mike Sanford

Caltex is asking motorists to contact them if they filled up at their Milton station earlier this month when two fuels were mistakenly swapped. Fuel pump. A mix-up at the Caltex petrol station meant diesel was pumped into the 91 octane petrol tank, and petrol into the diesel tank, at the station in

A powerful new network, Women in Sport Murihiku, has been created to ensure that women and girls remain valued, visible and influential in Southland sport. While female sport is undergoing something of a global and national renaissance at the moment, Southland is already well advanced in ensuring th

Helicopters have been dispatched after five people were injured, two seriously after a two-car crash at the intersection of Isla Bank-Flints Bush Rd and Lindsay-Calcium Rd, 35km northwest of Invercargill. A St John spokesperson said two people sustained serious injuries in the crash. One would be tr

The official opening of Mataura Valley Milk’s nutrition plant near Gore today (November 22) marks another step towards creating the world’s best nutrition business, general manager Bernard May says. Minister of Agriculture, Damien O’Connor, officially opened the technologically advanced plant at a c

Play Pods, a locally designed initiative aimed at fostering a love of play, has proven to be a hit in Southland. Created with insights and feedback from the Let’s Play Southland network, Sport Southland’s Healthy Families Invercargill team has been instrumental in making the Play Pods a reality. “Pl

In 2017, Council undertook a well overdue rebrand, ushering in a fresh new look and saying goodbye to the rather tired-looking, 30-year-old logo. The world we live in today is barely recognisable in many ways to Southland way back in 1988. The change reflected in Council’s rebrand has strong paralle

The Invercargill City Council is to discuss issues around the business house development at 20 Don Street at a full Council meeting tomorrow. The anchor development, which was undertaken to aid in city centre revitalisation, houses a number of high-profile Invercargill businesses and is a popular CB

A delegation representing the Southland Housing Action Forum (SHAF) presented a report on the state of the region’s housing situation to Housing Minister Phil Twyford and government sector officials on Monday during meetings at parliament facilitated by Labour List MP Dr Liz Craig. Salvation Army So