Mike Sanford

A funding package has been broadly agreed to that will enable the removal of ouvea premix from four sites in Southland, Gore District Council chief executive Stephen Parry announced today. The announcement comes after weeks of delicate negotiations between NZAS, the Crown, southern local authorities

Two Southland Championships were on the line on Saturday night at The Rock FM Riverside Speedway with the vacant Streetstock title and Saloons which local driver Lloyd Phillips has had a mortgage on for the last three years. A strong field of streetstocks were entered for the event with a number of

Janice Lee and the Koha Kai team received a visit from the Hon Peeni Henare,Minister for Community, Minister for Youth, Minister for Whanau Ora and Associate Minister of Social Development Janice says He has been visiting our Regions looking at local initiatives which are working effectively and mak

Celebrating Heritage Month we take a look back at the 1954 Royal Visit across New Zealand ending in Invercargill then departing from Bluff. They also attended the Royal A&P Show. Photos are from a commemorative magazine of the time we have selected all Southland pics with a couple from Otago.

Invercargill pairing Boyd Wilson and Jordan Michels won the final race of the season at Teretonga Park on Saturday in a Ford Falcon. The pair combined to win the A1 Auto Services 1 Hour Race at the event presented by Downer, crossing the line almost 29 seconds ahead of another Invercargill driver, J

EXCLUSIVE: Daily newspaper The Southland Times re launches as a tabloid print size (same as the Invercargill Eye or Southland Express) Monday – Friday from 30 April going by the demo copy that advertisers have been given. Why its taken Fairfax so long to resize the paper who knows, but its great doe

Growing the Gore District’s population by 1500 people by 2030 is the ambitious aim of a development project launched in Gore this week. Ready for Growth is a community-led project that will focus on shaping the District’s future economic and social aspirations and goals. It was initiated by the Gore

It will a midweek celebration for a lucky Lotto player from Auckland after winning $1 million with Lotto First Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. The winning ticket was sold at Countdown Mt Roskill in Auckland. Powerball was not struck this evening and has rolled over to Saturday night, where th