Mike Sanford

Work to improve the safety for motorists, pedestrians, and other road users will be undertaken this month with the installation of traffic lights at the intersection of Deveron and Gala Streets. Fulton Hogan is contracted to carry out the work on behalf of the Invercargill City Council, which is exp

Talk about the ultimate sporting juggle. Gifted Southland racquet sports youngster Finn Holden is set to achieve a rare national feat to underline his unique all-round ability. Finn, 14, will play in the New Zealand Junior Tennis Championships and then the New Zealand Table Tennis junior team traini

Invercargill driver Liam MacDonald is keen to extend his record of success at Mike Pero Motorsport Park at Ruapuna in Christchurch when Round 3 of the BNT V8’s Championship takes place at the circuit on the outskirts of the South Island’s largest city this weekend. MacDonald has only paid three visi

Rugby Southland General Manager, Andrew Moreton, has resigned and will be leaving the organisation at the end of February 2018. Moreton joined Rugby Southland in mid-2015. Rugby Southland Board Chair Jason Franklin said today “Andrew has led the organisation well since he joined in mid-2015.  He joi

UPDATE #2:  Wed 10th 6:40pm A Police co-ordinated water and air search for a missing male skydiver on Lake Wakatipu was suspended at about 4.40pm. A shoreline search involving LandSAR and the Coastguard will continue until about 6.30pm tonight. Emergency services are looking for the skydiver who was

Gore District Council 3 Waters staff will be closely monitoring water consumption levels for Gore over the next few days as people return home from holiday. Level 3 water restrictions have been in place since mid-December. Continued dry weather and low river levels mean level 4 restrictions are poss

Environment Southland’s data confirms that Southland has had its driest year since 1971. Southland received only 79% of the usual normal rainfall, with some areas experiencing particularly low rainfall levels. Environment Southland director of science and information Graham Sevicke-Jones said the Cl

Queenstown drivers may experience some queuing at the new Kawarau Falls bridge from this week as the heritage bridge, which has taken northbound traffic over the busy holiday period, closes permanently to motorised traffic. From this week, all road users will travel on the new Kawarau Falls bridge,