Mike Sanford

The young talent in Southland’s music scene continues to soar after one Invercargill teenager was given the opportunity to open a show for one of New Zealand’s most popular artists. 🏆🏆Let’s help another Southlander win!🏆🏆 🎤Vote for Gabriel Lal 🎤Smokefreerockquest‘s People’s Choice🎸 📲📲You ca

Join Mr Southland sport Nick Jeffery on ‘All Sports Breakfast’ So much great sport on right now. This week’s All Sports Breakfast includes:  A look back at Southern Steel’s incredible back-to-back titles Previewing Rugby Southland’s season opener on Sunday News from Switzerland of Cycling Southland’

A Clinton woman has been recognised for her tireless service to NZ Young Farmers and her community. Emma Sutherland, 31, is the joint recipient of a national award for service to NZ Young Farmers, along with Canterbury’s Sarah Heddell. The pair received a standing ovation when they were presented wi

Finalists for the Keep New Zealand Beautiful Awards 2018 have just been released and the Gore District Council is proud to announce that Main Street, Gore, is in the running for the Best Street Award. The Best Street Award recognises and celebrates a street in New Zealand that clearly stands out for

A lucky Powerball player from Central Otago will be living the dream after winning $22.3 million with Powerball First Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. The winning ticket was sold on MyLotto to a player from Central Otago. The total prize is made up of $22 million from Powerball First Division

Windback to May 1999 when a crowd of 20,000 turned out to cheer the victorious Southern Sting as they paraded through Invercargill city Centre on their return from their victorious wind in Dunedin. Eight hundred Southlander’s boarded buses to cheer on the Southern Sting in the Dunedin final. Buses d

A Southland startup’s real-time machine learning concept focusing on regional museums has been accepted by Te Papa Tongarewa’s 2018 Mahuki programme. Doug Thwaites, Louise Evans and Rachel Butler are the founders of Mimicry Tech, which is joining nine other businesses, in a four-month accelerator pr

Alliance Group’s plan to recruit 100 overseas workers is a necessary move and representative of Southland’s increasing labour-force shortages, Southland Chamber of Commerce chief executive Sheree Carey says. As Alliance has indicated, its preference is to employ New Zealanders but significant shorta