Mike Sanford

Photos from Southland Dog Obedience Club competitions on today (Saturday 13th January) at their grounds on Lindisfarne Street. Presented by Petsmart.nz There is also more competitions on Sunday January 14th – also at Lindisfarne Street. Thanks to Dave Loudon Photography.

The Police National Dive Squad will arrive in Queenstown over the weekend to assess conditions, as well as the viability of using sonar equipment to assist with locating and recovering the body. Police can now release the name of the missing skydiver who fell into Lake Wakatipu on Wednesday 10 Janua

Police have arrested a 17-year-old male in connection with a fire in Invercargill in the early hours of 9 January. Police were notified of the building fire around 1am on Tuesday. The building was extensively damaged in the fire, however no one was injured. The 17-year-old has been charged with arso

Work to improve safety at the Exmouth Street – St Andrew Street intersection starts on Monday, 15 Janauary 2018. Local residents have been advised that the intersection and footpath will be closed for up to three weeks. The work involves road reconstruction and resurfacing with asphalt, followed by

The NZ Transport Agency is advising people travelling on Dunedin’s Southern motorway to expect detours and some delays while work is done to make the road safer. “There will be detours in place over the next three months while the Safe Roads team widens the road between Dunedin and Mosgiel, lays a n

Open Wheel classes will run for championship glory as The Riverside Speedway kick off their first meeting of 2018. The Southland Title will be on the line for Modified Sprints, a title vacant due to not being contested last season, and it would take a brave man to pick a winner with the mixed bag […

The Gore District Council will be doing everything in its power to ensure the removal of ouvea premix stored in the former Mataura paper mill, Gore District Mayor Tracy Hicks said today. The resource consent for the storage of 10,000 tonnes of the oxide residue expires today (11 January). Its owner

Today the Police Dive Squad will be investigating the viability of using sonar equipment to assist with the recovery of the skydiver missing at Lake Wakatipu. Given the nature of the incident and the time that has past the ongoing Police activity is focussed on a recovery operation rather than a res