Mike Sanford

Congratulations to the Lonestar Cowboys on winning their second Grand Final since winning their first one back in 2011 when the club was established. This was He Tauaa ‘s 7th straight Grand Final appearance. After losing their first one in golden point to Cooks back in 2012 , the club has gone on to

Steel Road in Invercargill is currently closed at the intersection with State Highway 99, as emergency services respond to a house fire on Steel Road. Motorists in the area are asked to take care and follow the directions of emergency personnel.   What we know: Firefighters have been able to contain

Southland children showed off their culinary skills as part of a nation-wide cooking competition. The Garden to Table programme invites year five and six pupils to team up for the Root to Tip competition, to show they can grow, harvest and prepare a waste-free meal. Video: Youtube

The Invercargill City Council is already gearing up for next month’s Matariki celebrations and has invited Southland children to help with the preparations. For the second year the city will celebrate its Matariki Festival to bring in the Māori New Year and the rise of the Matariki star cluster Shar

Invercargill hosted over 140 young dancers at the weekend for the New Zealand Highland and National Dancing Championships. Dancers from as young as five years old took to the stage over three days, but it was the Under 16 Championships at the centre of the competition. Your top ten Under 16 New Zeal

SH 93 Clinton to Mataura road closed due to snow. Detour route: n/a Heavy snow for parts of the lower South Island A cold showery southwesterly flow covering the South Island, is expected to spread over the North Island today (Monday). Snow is expected to 200 metres across the lower South Island, es

Three people have been charged with firearms offences following a search of an Invercargill property. At about 8pm yesterday (Sunday 24 June), Detective Senior Sergeant Stu Harvey said Police conducted a search of a Tweed Street address and found a number of firearms. Two women, aged 24 and 29, and

This open letter was posted on the What’s On Invers facebook page. An open letter to the people of Southland, New Zealand Kia ora, A few years ago, my wife and I decided to move from Albuquerque, NM in the USA to Invercargill, New Zealand with our two sons. We had been discussing an international […