Mike Sanford

It is a day for the ladies and fast paced one mile harness racing action at Central Southland Raceway in Winton this Saturday with the Wairio Trotting Club’s annual Ladies One Mile Day. The day will feature fast paced one mile racing with the feature being the Southern Veterinary Centre Southern Bel

Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited today increased its forecast Farmgate Milk Price for the 2017/18 season to $6.55 per kgMS and announced a full year forecast dividend range of 25 – 35 cents per share with an interim dividend of 10 cents per share. Chairman John Wilson says the ongoing strong glob

A pop-up shop hoping to gather your views on some of Invercargill’s heritage buildings opened on Saturday 17th March. Invercargill City Council Senior Planner Liz Devery said Council was keen to get the public’s opinion on City Centre heritage, and the pop-up shop at the former ASB Bank building on

The ILT City of Invercargill Highland Pipe Band won the right to host the 2020 RNZPBA National Championships at the recent RNZPBA AGM held at Rotorua. The Championships will be held at the picturesque Queens Park Oval Cricket grounds. The dates will be Friday 6th and Saturday 7th March, or more like

Submissions for the 2018-2028 Long-term Plan are officially open for Invercargill City Council ratepayers to have their say on some big ticket items including: Alternative city water supply Anderson House earthquake work Additional pool at Splash Palace Increase grant funding to Southland Indoor Lei

Periods of heavy rain for the southwest of the South Island. A period of strong north to northwest winds for Southland. A moist north to northwest flow is expected to affect the southwest of the South Island from today (Monday) till Wednesday afternoon. Slow moving fronts embedded in this flow are f

Hundreds of local residents in Lumsden hit the streets on Saturday to protest the downgrading of Lumsden Maternity Centre from a Primary Birthing Unit (birthing and postnatal care facilities) to a Maternal and Child Hub (non-birthing unit for antenatal care). Clutha-Southland MP Hamish Walker’s onli

UPDATE: Road now cleared and open. Due to a crash on SH94 Te Anau to Milford Sound a vehicle is blocking one lane 4km east of the Hollyford Rd intersection. Road users are advised to take extra care.   SH94 TE ANAU TO MILFORD SOUND – BOTH DIRECTIONS – CRASH – 2:45PM – 19 MAR […]