Mike Sanford

At about 3.30pm today a man was arrested with the assistance of the AOS in the area of Three Mile Hill and Dalziel Road near Mosgiel. The offender was taken into custody without incident a short time after Police arrived. The 25-year-old was arrested in relation to four outstanding warrants and will

Over the past two weeks Police have executed a number of search warrants in the Western Southland area targeting drugs and firearms offences. A number of arrests were made including cannabis importation, cultivation and dealing offences as well as unlawful possession of firearms. So far, seven peopl

Air New Zealand is set to trial a direct service between Invercargill and Auckland using its Airbus A320 jet aircraft from the second half of 2019. The trial service will operate five days a week, departing Invercargill at 6am and arriving in Auckland at 7:55am.  The Auckland-Invercargill service wi

Police acknowledges the sentences handed down in the Invercargill High Court today for the murder of Jack McAllister. This case has been a tragedy for Jack’s family, and the thoughts of the investigation team are with them at this time. We are aware that the Invercargill community was heavily affect

It’s time for the annual Ascot Park Christmas at the races tomorrow (Saturday 15th December). Event organiser Ana Corkery said “this year the marquees and corporate tents had sold out months ago and fashion in the field entries are also well up especially the men, if you haven’t registered make sure

Today the two men who murdered 19-year-old Jack McAllister outside Stadium Southland last year were both given life prison sentences. Stuff reported that Brayden Whiting-Roff and Christopher Brown were today sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder. Laura Scheepers was sentenced to 12 months’ h

The work of Koha Kai has again been recognized through winning yet another significant business excellence award. In the first week of December, the Southern Maori Business Network, Te Kupeka Umaka Maori Ki Araiteuru (KUMA) held their AGM, followed by celebration & acknowledgement of southern maori

Air New Zealand and the company’s engineers have reached an agreement, lifting the strike notice that that threatened to disrupt travel for 120,000 customers in the lead up to Christmas. Engineers threatened to walk off the job for three days from the 21-24 December unless the two parties reached an