Mike Sanford

Breaking news: Three fire truck appliances were were dispatched to James Hargest Senior College on Layard Street in Invercargill. The school’s fire alarm was activated at 3.20pm today, the same time as the school day usually ends. The school was evacuated and police were directing traffic outside th

Invercargill Police are urging bike owners to secure their bikes after a spate of bike thefts in the city during the week of 28 February – 6 March 2018. During that week, 25 bicycles were either taken or unlawfully interfered with in Invercargill city. The bikes range from specialised mountain bikes

An active front is forecast to move onto the lower South Island from the west this evening, preceded by a strong, moist northwesterly flow and followed by a cooler west to southwest flow on Friday as it tracks northwards. The front delivers a period of heavy northwesterly rain to Fiordland and Westl

Road works are currently under way on Ferry Road/Edendale Wyndham Road. Contractors have begun work on a pavement rehabilitation and some widening of the existing road. About 2.1 kilometres of road will be rehabilitated during the project, which involves some drainage works, pavement reconstruction

Showers about the coast and long fine spells elsewhere. Showers retreating to Stewart Island in the evening. Westerlies, strong about Foveaux Strait. strong northwesterlies are expected ahead of the front, with severe gales possible in exposed parts of Canterbury, Otago and Southland on Thursday int

Very successful week for the ILT City of Invercargill Highland Pipe Band up in Rotorua at the New Zealand National Champs with three bands impressive results over the various grades. Grade 4 band won the NZ championships a band made up of many youngsters aged 12 and over. They won the nationals last

Local cricket champions arrived home today with the long sought after Hawke Cup after the Southland Cricket teams big win over the weekend. Its been 26 years since Southland have held it. https://whatsoninvers.nz/the-hawke-cup-is-coming-home/

Last week it was proven that AEDs (automated external defibrillators) save lives when a woman visiting Transport World had a cardiac arrest. One of the AED’s on site was used and saved her life. St Johns say: When accessible within minutes of a cardiac arrest occurring, an AED can vastly improve a p