Mike Sanford

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

It was a busy weekend with Kartsport Southland Club Racing held their Summer Twilight meeting on Saturday and Southland Motorcycle Club held the Paul Nixon Memorial Races at Teretonga Park on Sunday. Next event: Summer Twilight Meeting 2 – Saturday 23rd February starts approx. 12 noon Free entry Nex

Heavy rain for Fiordland, and severe northwest gales for eastern parts of the South Island A front preceded by a strong and moist northwesterly flow affects Fiordland tonight, then weakens as it moves slowly northwards during Sunday morning. Heavy rain is falling in Fiordland and should continue thr

It will be a night to remember for a lucky player from Feilding after scoring $10 million with Powerball First Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. The $10.2 million prize is made up of $10 million from Powerball First Division and $250,000 from Lotto First Division. The winning ticket was sold at

Summer Sounds Bluff is all go at The Gunpit in Bluff this Sunday (27 January) from 3pm with Sam Cullen entertaining along with Bluff performers, The Salty Birds. The venue proved a huge hit last year and the concert will run for approximately 90 minutes. The Gunpit is accessible from Stirling Point

Gore student Leah Murray is preparing to tackle a new challenge in her final year of secondary school. The 17-year-old will step up to lead Gore High School’s growing TeenAg club. “I’m really looking forward to taking over the role. It’s something I’m quite excited about,” said the Year 13 student.

Queenstown and Central Otago are cleaning up today after wild southerly change swept through the area yesterday downing trees and cutting off power to thousands. Tree down near Queenstown Dozens are still without power in pockets of the Queenstown Lakes and Central Otago districts, but last night po