Mike Sanford

A suspicious fire was started in the priest residence at St Mary’s Church on Tyne Street, where he lived on the church grounds. Father Christopher O’Neill made a lucky escape Police cordoned the residence off was cordoned off this morning while detectives fire investigators examined the fire scene.

A Lotto player from Wellington will be adding a few extra destinations to their summer holiday this New Year after winning $1 million with Lotto First Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. The winning ticket was sold at Miramar New World in Wellington. Powerball was not struck this evening and has

This morning two people were extracted from an SUV following a crash with a bus near Te Anau. A police spokeswoman said emergency services were called to the scene on SH94 near Hillside-Manapouri Rd at 9.06am. Bus passengers were unharmed, but two people needed to be extracted from the SUV, she said

Metservice have issued a severe Thunderstorm warning for Southland today. Storms are likely to hit Southland later this afternoon. Over the South Island, the combination of another warm humid day and light winds will lead to cloud buildups producing scattered heavy showers and thunderstorms over man

The missing Manapouri 18-year-old woman has been found. She was found by a member of the public in the Te Anau area. Police would like to thank everyone who helped search for her and provided information as to her whereabouts. https://whatsoninvers.nz/help-sought-by-police-to-locate-missing-southlan

Eleven Fire Trucks and four helicopters with monsoon buckets are fighting the large fire near Rippon Vineyard, Wanaka A nearby camping ground has been told to be ready to evacuate. Fire Service spokesperson John Ditmer said “crews were called to Wanaka-Mount Aspiring Road just before 3pm”. He said t

Police are now in a position to release the name of the man who died on Mt Roy, Wanaka, yesterday, 2 January. He was 54-year-old David Michael Jongsma from Hawea Flat. Police offer their sympathies to Mr Jongsma’s family at this difficult time.

Shortly before 5pm yesterday (Tuesday 2nd January) Police attended a crash between a car and a motorcycle at the intersection of State Highway One and Henley-Berwick Road, south of Dunedin. The motorcyclist received serious injuries and was transported by ambulance to Dunedin Hospital. Two other peo