Mike Sanford

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

Clutha-Southland MP Hamish Walker says after today’s meeting with the Directors of the Lumsden Maternity Centre it’s clear there are a number of issues with the process followed to axe the birthing unit and he and the centre are not giving up on the fight to keep it open. “Today when National’s spok

Finalists have been decided for the 2018 Export Southland Innovation Award. The judging committee were impressed with the calibre of candidates nominated and also the variety of industries, and range in size of the businesses. The judges were Export Southland Committee members Graham Dick (consultan