Mike Sanford

The government has proposed merging all 16 polytechnics into a single national institute and radically reforming industry training organisations. Education Minister Chris Hipkins said the plan was challenging but necessary for shoring up a sector that had suffered falling enrolments and multi-millio

Hannah Morgan a Otago University student from Southland has crossed the challenging waters of Foveaux Strait and also raising awareness about mental health. Her official time was 8 hours 43 minutes for the approximate 32km sea crossing. Departing Saddle Point on Stewart Island at about 6:20am and ar

Southland District Mayor Gary Tong says he has no concerns about his relationship with the Chao Shan Association of New Zealand. The group’s chair, Yikun Zhang, has been under media scrutiny following allegations by former National MP Jami-Lee Ross about a $100,000 donation to the National Party. Th

The operating performance for the half year was strong with total revenue increasing by 7.4% to $20.90 million. However increased repairs and maintenance, including the scheduled five yearly dry docking of the tug Hauroko ($838K expenditure) led to a reduction of 7.1% in net profit after tax. South

The Gore District Council is moving to level 2 water restrictions for Gore, effective from tomorrow (Tuesday 12 February). With the new water restriction regime now in place, level 2 means residents can still water their vegetable gardens using any method. However, they are limited to a maximum of t

Invercargill Police are investigating an incident where a 12-year-old walking to school was approached by an unknown person. The incident occurred between 8 – 8.30am on Monday 4 February, near a park on Iona Street. The person was on foot and was described as wearing dark clothing, dark shoes and da

Two long-serving members of the board overseeing the FMG Young Farmer of the Year are set to retire. Cole Groves, 32, and Dean Rabbidge, 33, will step down from the NZ Young Farmers Contest Board in July. The pair first joined the committee in 2014, and both have a long history with the national agr

We had another cracker of a  Southland day on Saturday 9th February for the Sievwright Oreti Park Speedway Spectacular. Day four of the Burt Muro Challenge FULL RESULTS BELOW Burt Munro Challenge Results Sievwright Oreti Park Speedway Spectacular 9th February 2019 PEEWEE SOLO DIVISION 1 70cc 1ST 16c