Mike Sanford

A house on Collinson Rd between Winton and Invercargill, was destroyed by fire last night (Wednesday May 2nd) By the time firecrews from Wallacetown and Invercargill arrived the  house had pretty much collapsed. Farm worker John Shield was left with a new pair of gumboots and the clothes on his back

Police can now release the name of the young woman who died in a crash in Edendale, Southland on Saturday 28 April. The crash occurred shortly before near the intersection of Homestead Road and Hilda Road. She was 18-year-old Harlee Patera Symes, from Oteramika. Police’s thoughts are with Harlee’s f

Two Lotto players from Auckland and Whakatane will be celebrating in style after each winning $500,000 with Lotto First Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. The winning tickets were sold at Countdown St Johns in Auckland and Countdown Whakatane in Whakatane. Powerball was not struck this evening a

New Zealand’s Aluminium Smelter (NZAS) has secured a power contract for 50 MW to enable it to restart its fourth potline which was mothballed six years ago. “This is a great day and news I am thrilled to be able to announce,” says NZAS Chief Executive and General Manager Gretta Stephens. “Restarting

Leading food company Alliance Group will reward its committed shareholders with a distribution of $5.9 million in loyalty payments today. The quarterly payments have been made to the co-operative’s Platinum and Gold shareholders who supply 100 per cent of their stock to the company. Today’s loyalty

Highlights video and photos from Saturday’s Fight for Kidz at Stadium Southland. MC for the night was Mr Sean Bellew. Great job by Dave Bartley and the Team, along with the boxers for putting the night together. All money raised from the is going to Koha Kai. Photos by Dave Loudon photography and vi

Dave Loudon has the weekend’s rugby league wrap up plus photos. Two premier grade games of Southland District Rugby League were played at the Elles Road grounds at Invercargill. The games were part of a combined Otago/Southland competition round. The first game saw Winton/City play Dunedin Bears RLC

Invercargill Police are searching for two youths seen running from the Doon Street hedge fire at around midday. A police spokeswoman said officers were following information received from witnesses and fire crews that two youths were seen running from the burning hedge on Doon Street  towards Burger