Mike Sanford

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

Fonterra Co-operative Group (FCG) has announced that Miles Hurrell will take over as the Co-operative’s interim Chief Executive with immediate effect. Mr Hurrell is currently the Co-operative’s Chief Operating Officer, Farm Source – the unit responsible for working directly with the Co-operative’s f

This year the New Zealand Film Commission is celebrating 40 years of Kiwi film and as a major funder of NZ film, they want to thank Lotto players for helping make these amazing films possible! This month, Lotto NZ is hosting six special screenings of classic Kiwi films around the country – and we’re

Southland-based infant nutrition exporter Blue River Dairy plans to double sales next year through a new production line. Invercargill City Council Chief Executive Clare Hadley recently toured the plant and said the Invercargill company was experiencing phenomenal growth. Blue River Dairy General Ma

A new hydroslide featuring three slides proposed for Invercargill’s Splash Palace is a step closer after receiving support from Invercargill city councillors at a Community Services Committee meeting on Monday. A report was presented to the committee by Council aquatic services manager Peter Thompso