Mike Sanford

A fire broke out in a boiler room at Fonterra’s Edendale factory about 11.30 Monday evening. Crews arrived to the fire that was “well-involved”, a spokesman said. Firefighters worked through the early hours to bring the Fonterra factory fire under control. Nine fire crews from Invercargill, Edendale

The two hunters reported missing in Longwood Forest, Southland, late last night have been located by another hunter. They are uninjured and making their way out of the forest. Police Search and Rescue would like to thank the LandSAR and Amataeur Radio Emergency Communication volunteers who assisted

The Southland Museum and Art Gallery will close to the public indefinitely by the end of this week. Editor Note: To be fair Toni Biddle from Southland Museum and Art Gallery Trust and new Council CEO Clare Hadley have both inherited this mess from the old council. The decision has been made by the S

Weather services are predicting winter temperatures and even snow for Otago, Southland and Fiordland. A front and trough are forecast to cross Fiordland and southern Westland today bringing one or two short bursts of heavy rain. A low is expected to cross the upper South Island overnight Monday to T

Invercargill Police are seeking information about a suspected arson of a building at McQuarrie Street park on Friday 6 April around 2pm. No one was in the building at the time, however the building has been extensively damaged. Anybody with information that can assist the enquiry can contact Constab

A big house fire destroys Bowmont street property, with smoke from various part of town. Three fire trucks are in attendance along with an ambulance. Photos sent in to whatsoinnvers.nz show the fire has totally destroyed the house.

Three Lotto players from Auckland and Canterbury will simply not believe their luck after each winning $333,333 with Lotto First Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. Two winning tickets were sold at Countdown Mt Wellington in Auckland and the third was sold on MyLotto to a player in Canterbury. Po

The brightly-painted shipping container/come storage facility of The Pantry, a community-owned bulk food store and cafe on the corner of Grace and Ness Sts in South City Invercargill, is finally finished after 160 painting hours by about 30 city-school students. The 40ft mural aptly named “The baske