Mike Sanford

Fonterra’s new cream cheese plant in Canterbury has started production and is set to manufacture up to 24,000 metric tonnes of cream cheese annually, bound for China. China’s changing demographics have driven a surge in popularity for Western foods. The 20kg blocks of cream cheese from Darfield will

A woman has died following a car crash on Mataura Island-Fortrose Road. Police attended the single vehicle crash at 9.30am. The 63-year-old driver and sole occupant of the car died at the scene. The Serious Crash Unit is investigating.

South Port New Zealand Ltd’s reported after-tax profit for the June 2018 year is $9.66M, up 14% on last year’s result of $8.45M. South Port Chairman, Mr Rex Chapman said, “this is an excellent result for the Port, underpinned by a 13% increase in cargo flows.” Total cargo volume through Bluff set a

Edition 13 in the books! – Southern Steel’s Kate Heffernan – ILT – Invercargill Licensing Trust Luncheon Club guest speaker, Dion Nash – Rugby Southland’s Dave Hewett & Wade McRae – Tasman Mako assistant Clarke Dermody – Otago Spirit’s Amy Rule – Southland Boys High School Rugby captain Sean Withy –

The number of phone scams is on the rise, police say. They are warning people of a new scam where the caller claims to be from the police and Spark and tries to access victims’ computers and bank accounts. Detective sergeant Damian Rapira-Davies said the scammer told victims their computer had been

The camping reserve on the west side of the Thornbury Bridge has been closed temporarily due to the condition of the trees, which are not safe to camp under. The trees should be felled within the next two weeks. The camping area on the east side of the bridge is still available for use.

Pay television operator, Sky Network Television, has reported a hefty full year loss after slashing the value of its business, but says its underlying earnings have risen as it cut costs. No captionSky Network Television’s loss was caused by a decision to write off $360m after a review and update on

This new trailer was stolen from Lochiel Engineering on Winton Lorneville Highway, Southland, between 12pm Saturday 18 August and 8.40am Monday 20 August. If you think you may have seen this trailer since Saturday, please contact Winton Police on 03 236 6060 and quote file number 180821/5737. You ca