Mike Sanford

The Community Trust of Southland has a new name, new brand and website as it celebrates 30 years of supporting thousands of community and individual ventures. The trust has officially changed its name to Community Trust South and unveiled its new brand at a celebration attended by many of those it h

Dyslexia in Southland =1 in 10, 63 classrooms, 1763 children A first for Southland. Local Education Trust – Learning Differences Aotearoa is taking the initiative and celebrating learning differences, especially dyslexia during the week of 1-5 October. LDA will be running programmes and sharing info

On the afternoon of Tuesday, September 25, our engineering team discovered a security issue affecting almost 50 million accounts. We’re taking this incredibly seriously and wanted to let everyone know what’s happened and the immediate action we’ve taken to protect people’s security. Our investigatio

People, business owners, or other groups are invited to put forward their interest in operating Anderson House. On behalf of the Invercargill City Council, Venture Southland is seeking expressions of interest in operating one or more services from the iconic homestead. Significant consultation has b

Innovative thinker Ian Taylor, of Ngati Kahungunu descent, is guest speaker at this year’s Gore District Community Awards. His Dunedin-based company Animation Research Ltd. (ARL) revolutionised television sport coverage of events such as the America’s Cup with its computer graphics, and created the

A group of Aprima farmers briefed Environment Minister David Parker on a project they have initiated, in Otautau on Friday (September 21). The Aparima Community Engagement (ACE) project is encouraging farmers in the area to move towards improved land management practices to help build environmental

Police and emergency services are at a crash on SH1. A section of State Highway 1 east of Invercargill (Mill Road) is currently closed following a crash just before 9am. The two-car crash happened near the Mill Road North intersection. One person was taken to hospitial with moderate injuries. There

A strong, cold southwest flow will spread over the country today. The strongest winds are likely to affect eastern parts of the lower South Island during Tuesday and early Wednesday. This Watch is for the likelihood that west to southwest gales could approach severe gale about North Otago, Dunedin,