Mike Sanford

The site of the New Dunedin Hospital gives Southern DHB the flexibility to meet today’s healthcare challenges and the needs of future generations, Commissioner Kathy Grant says. The Ministry of Health today confirmed the billion-dollar-plus hospital will be built across two central city blocks: the

Here is the full Map and schedule to the What’s on Invers White Night, all the fun kicks off from 6pm and runs til 9:30/10pm. A evening of poetry, art, music, fashion and much more. White Night is a free entry event, located throughout Invercargill’s CBD. A night to enjoy with family, friends and ne

Monitoring carried out by Environment Southland shows there are still high levels of the toxic algae planktonic cyanobacteria in the Waituna Lagoon. With duck shooting season opening this weekend, Environment Southland’s director of science and information Graham Sevicke-Jones said those hunting duc

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