Mike Sanford

“POLICE UPDATE: Gore sudden death” Police can confirm that the child who died suddenly in Gore overnight was a 3-year-old boy. -//- Police continue to make inquiries into the death on behalf of the Coroner and are not in a position to make any further comment on the circumstances of the death. Gore

World class brown trout fly fishing, vintage aircraft and Hokonui Moonshine are all celebrated by events in the new ‘On the Fly Summer Festival’ in Gore. The festival includes many of the District’s existing events starting with the Gore A&P Show this Saturday, the Hokonui Moonshine Festival on Satu

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Today Invercargill can boast one of the tallest street art murals in New Zealand. Internationally acclaimed artist Danny (Deow) Owen is the creative behind the 33m high masterpiece, with the Invercargill Licensing Trust initially providing the blank canvas on the south wall of the Kelvin Hotel. Retu

The people of Invercargill have a great opportunity to help future generations of children enjoy smokefree lives, Healthy Families Invercargill manager Jared Cappie said. The Invercargill City Council is currently reviewing its Smokefree Areas Policy. Public consultation closed on December 7, but su

The 2019 Burt Munro Challenge is gearing up to reach an even greater audience of motorcycling enthusiasts. For the first time ever, the Burt Munro Challenge will offer live streaming as part of the event coverage. Burt Munro Challenge Committee member John Beck said the live streaming will allow mor

It’s not every day you get to fly celebrities like three-star Michelin chef Gordon Ramsay to Stewart Island, but that was the reality for 22-year-old pilot Joel Fletcher. In a video posted on Ramsay’s Instagram story, Joel gets a good British ribbing about how young he looks by the famous celebrity

Two fishermen are missing off rocks at Catlins. The alarm was raised by people nearby around 4:20pm, after the two men appeared to have been swept off rocks near Slope Point Road. A large number of assets were deployed including rescue helicopters from Queenstown and Dunedin, rescue swimmers, Bluff