Mike Sanford

A man has died following a light plane crash in Southland today. The Rescue Co-ordination Centre (RCC) advised Police around 12:45pm of a report of an overdue microlight just north of Nightcaps. Southern Lakes Helicopter and Te Anau Police Search and Rescue reached the plane around 4:15pm, which was

A 40-year-old man faces a number of charges after he was arrested near Queenstown this afternoon. He was disturbed by another person breaking into a commercial premises in Invercargill around 7:45am today, and fled the scene. Watch video Police chase through Dipton. Police made area inquiries in an

Another two people were found guilty in the Invercargill High Court today Two more guilty verdicts have been delivered in Invercargill this afternoon as the trial of five people charged with the murder of 19-year-old Jack McAllister came to a close. The defendants standing trial for the past five we

The Gore District Council is expecting to start pumping water from the Mataura River in the next few days to minimise the effect of low water levels in its main well on Gore residents this summer. The water level in Cooper’s Wells is the lowest it has been for this time of year in recent […]

The Invercargill City Council’s Director of Finance and Corporate Services Dean Johnston has resigned, having decided after 15 years in Local Government that it is time for a change, Chief Executive Clare Hadley announced today. “Dean has been responsible for driving a number of major projects at Co

Transport Minister Phil Twyford announced today a record $986 million investment for Otago and Southland will strengthen the region’s transport system over the next three years. The NZ Transport Agency has published details of the planned investment in the region’s transport system over the next thr

Several of the spectacular cars destined for the opening round of the Carter’s Tyre Service South Island Endurance Series at Teretonga Park on Saturday 15 September will be on display around Invercargill this weekend. The ITM – MIKE Racing Mercedes SLS AMG GT3 of Southland driver Brendon Leitch, wil

It’s Cervical Screening Awareness Month and all Southern women who are due, overdue, or who have never had a smear test are urged to get tested. During Cervical Screening Awareness Month, the DHB is encouraging women to bring a friend along, book a back-to-back ‘buddy’ appointment and support each o