Mike Sanford

The Invercargill City Council will be constantly monitoring the forecast heavy rainfall for the region and reviewing water restrictions during the next few days, including the weekend and Waitangi Day, Water Manager Alister Murray said today. The Invercargill City Council this week banned domestic o

There’s a wood chip fire on Bluff Road, three helicopters are on the scene battling windy conditions to contain the fires. Diversions are in place off State Highway 1 at Awarua, south of Invercargill, due to a fire at a timber mill. These are at Tiwai Road, Awarua School Road, and Colyer Road. These

With strong winds now upon us and likely turn too extreme gales now would be a good time to secure trampolines, outdoor furniture and make sure outdoor animals are safe. Major storm expected to hit the South Island with significant heavy rain and strong winds for much of the South Island, also for t

Environment Southland has assessed the low water situation in Southland as ‘serious’. At a meeting yesterday (29/01/2018) director of science and information Graham Sevicke-Jones said the council was stepping up its response from “concerning” to “serious” because the sustained low rainfall was start

Updated: Tuesday 30 Jan 3:50pm Minister for Agriculture and Rural Communities Damien O’Connor today announced that the medium-scale adverse event classification for the drought in parts of the country would be extended to the whole of Southland plus Otago’s Queenstown Lakes, Central Otago and Clutha

Last week after whatsoninvers.nz busted Invercargill City council for water blasting the Museum while issuing a hosing ban to ratepayers, council have responding with more excuses -why do as we say, not as we do via their facebook page. From ICC Facebook page: We know many of you have had concerns r

Police updates today from Central Otago include a man who got into difficulty in the water. Police can confirm that a man has died following an incident on the waterfront of Lake Wanaka. Emergency services were call to Dungarvon St at 3.02pm. He was given medical treatment at the scene but was then

Dunedin fatal fire now a double homicide watch the Police media update. It has been a week since emergency services were called to a fatal fire at 66B Wesley Street, South Dunedin. A team of investigators and forensic experts have been working tirelessly to establish the circumstances that led to th