Mike Sanford

A glittering jewel – the night sky above Stewart Island/Rakiura – is set to turn heads around the globe. Opinion piece by Gary Tong. Earning official status as an International Dark Sky Sanctuary in January from the International Dark Sky Association (IDA) has opened up a world of possibility and po

Carla Forbes, creative director and owner of Invercargill marketing and communications consultancy Market South, former President of the Southland Chamber of Commerce and business leader, is incredulous at the Government’s proposal to merge 16 Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics (ITPs) around

Invercargill MP Sarah Dowie is congratulating the Ministry of Education for reconsidering its programme of consultation and sending the review panel to Southland so our community can have its say. “National was informed last week that the consultation review panel would only travel as far south as C

Starting today, Fonterra is signing up farms to supply milk for The a2 Milk Company in the 2019/2020 season. Mike Cronin, Fonterra Managing Director of Co-operative Affairs, says “Signing up New Zealand farms to significantly increase supply of high quality milk to The a2 Milk Company is a positive

Yesterday morning Telford students were welcomed onto the Balclutha campus with South Otago High School students performing a Haka and singing a waiata as part of the official Powhiri. This was attended by Southern Institute of Technology CE Penny Simmonds and support staff of both SIT and Te Wanang

When Invercargill’s John Crawford put his leg over his Suzuki GSXR 600 to compete in the 2019 Burt Munro Challenge, you could forgive him if he was looking a little weary. After all, he had just completed three rounds of a North Island Tri-Series event, followed by two of a National Superbike Champi

A talented duo from Milton has taken top honours at the first FMG Junior Young Farmer of the Year regional final. Zoe McElrea, 13, and Nicole Keen, 15, won the hotly-contested event at the Tokomairiro A&P Showgrounds yesterday. More than 50 TeenAg members from across the Otago/Southland region worke

Police can now name the woman killed in a crash on Old Coach Road, Otaraia, Gore on 15 February. Police extend our condolences to Katie’s family and loved ones. She was Katie Deborah Robertson, aged 21. A police investigation into the crash is ongoing. Friends and family can read Katie’s funeral not