Mike Sanford

A temporary museum has popped up in Invercargill just in time for Valentines Day. Open only until Sunday, the collection entitled What is love? Baby don’t hurt me, showcases love(ish) stories from our community. Inspired by the Museum of Broken Relationships, the collection showcases the raw, emotio

Clutha-Southland MP Hamish Walker says the Government’s blows to regional and rural New Zealand keep coming. “Today’s announcement of the Government’s proposed reform of vocational education through the centralisation of polytechs is another blow to the regions,” Mr Walker says. “It is the people in

It’s been 40 years since Southland log truck driver Pam Bennett began her long association with Nightcaps Young Farmers. She joined the club when she was 15. “I signed up when I was working at Wether Hill Station out the back of Ohai,” said the 55-year-old who lives at Manapouri. “We used to hold ou

The honour of naming ILT’s new hotel will be given to someone in the community. With site preparation now underway, the focus has turned to selecting a moniker for the extensive inner-city development. ILT chief executive Chris Ramsay said public input was being sought with all sectors of the commun

Today (Thursday 14 Feb) the Council started emergency pumping from the Mataura River to supplement water levels in the No.1 Cooper’s Well, which is extremely low. The emergency pumping process involves feeding river water into a disused well at the Cooper’s Wells site. It goes into the aquifer, whic

An Invercargill garage is in trouble over warrants of fitness affecting more than 3500 vehicle owners. The Transport Agency has revoked the inspecting authority of mechanic Donald McLean, and of his garage The WOF Man Limited. “Mr McLean has a history of compliance issues and upheld customer complai

Comedian turned mental health advocate Mike King has been crowned Kiwibank New Zealander of the year. Mr King is an outspoken advocate for changing attitudes toward mental illness. Through his work with the Key to Life charity, last year he led a New Zealand speaking tour from Bluff to Cape Reinga,

Two lucky Lotto players will be feeling on top of the world after each winning $500,000 with Lotto First Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. The winning tickets were sold at Schofields Stationers Paper Power in Auckland and Wakatipu New World in Queenstown. Powerball was not struck this evening a