Mike Sanford

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

Invercargill architect Bob Simpson is challenging the decision by Invercargill City Council CEO Clare Hadley and museum board to close the Southland Museum and Art Gallery on Monday 9th April (watch video here). Bob Simpson addressed the museum board on Thursday stating the decision to close was bas

One person has died following a crash near Edendale in Southland. The crash occurred shortly before near the intersection of Homestead Road and Hilda Road. It does not appear that any other vehicle was involved. Another person in the car sustained serious injuries and has been transported to hospita

A bowel cancer survivor, the mayor of Dunedin and Southern DHB’s commissioner are among those encouraging everyone who is eligible to participate in the National Bowel Screening Programme, launched for the Southern district this week. Their voices joined those of Southern health staff, NGOs and comm

On Thursday 26 April a celebration of 40 years of Nursing was held at Southern Institute of Technology (SIT). The Nursing department welcomed graduates and staff who have walked the halls and been a part of the SIT nursing experience throughout the past 40 years back to campus to share afternoon tea

We’re probably never going to get that real, actual ABBA reunion we all desperately want, so we will just have to make do with virtual Agnetha, Benny, Bjorn and Fridas instead. The iconic pop group split up all the way back in 1982 and have occasionally had one-off reunions over the years. However,