Mike Sanford

The long anticipated refurbishment of Invercargill City Libraries and Archives on Dee Street is to begin next month. The project, which will be undertaken in four stages, will begin with the renovation of Information Services with works starting on 7 May. Libraries and Archives Manager Marianne Fost

Air New Zealand is continuing to work with engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce on a global issue involving some of the Trent 1000 engines that power its Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner fleet. European regulator EASA issued a directive requiring operators of a type of Trent 1000 engine known as ‘Package C’ to ca

Welcome to our first guest post something we have been working on for a while, today we kick things off with Southland District Council Mayor Gary Tong. Mike & Mal. Each of the towns here has its own personality, its own set of opportunities and challenges, and a different list of issues that make t

Police have today seized cash, drugs and an illegal firearm following a search warrant in Alexandra this morning. Three people were arrested and a substantial amount of cash, several grams of methamphetamine, cannabis and an illegal firearm, along with loaded magazine, were seized at the Centennial

Southland’s one-stop shop for jobs and career advice is back and ready to provide a helping hand for job-seekers in Southland. The Southland Pop Up Job Shop is returning for its second year and opened today on Tay street (next to Zookeepers cafe) and is expanding across the region with pop up shops

The person who has done the most laps around Teretonga this year is probably Australian driver Tommy Smith. Smith tested his Australian spec Duratec Formula Ford at the circuit over the Christmas/New Year period before staying on to contest a couple of rounds of the NZF1600 Championship in an NZ spe

The Riverside Speedway hosted a packed house of Speedway fans on Saturday night to sign off another season of action. This meeting would be the final round of the Southern Saloon Series, an event made up of three rounds at Dunedin, Cromwell and Invercargill. Going into the event it was Dunedin’s Ter

Northerly gales over the lower South Island on Sunday. A front will move onto the South Island from the Tasman Sea, bringing heavy rain to parts of Fiordland and Westland, and a Heavy Rain Warning is now in force. This front is also forecast to bring northerly gales to the lower South Island, with F