Mike Sanford

Around 2.30pm yesterday a member of the public alerted an off duty police officer that a dingy containing three men had overturned in the Riverton Estuary. One man was retrieved from the water due to the quick thinking and bravery of the officer and member of the public, while the second occupant sw

The search for a man missing from a boat in Southland today has been called off for the night. Police were made aware around 2:30pm today that a 3m alloy dinghy with three people on board had sunk in the Aparima River estuary at Riverton. Two people made it to shore uninjured, however the third […]

Updated: The man dramatically arrested after Saturday’s Police chase from Invercargill ending in Frankton appeared in Invercargill District Court. Richard John Percival, 40, pleaded not guilty to 18 charges, relating to an alleged crime spree across the South Island ending on Saturday when he was ar

A police officer required hospital treatment in Invercargill after being assaulted early this morning. Two male officers were on patrol in the city around 2:30am today when they were assaulted by a 20-year-old man at the intersection of Dee and Don Streets. One of the officers was knocked unconsciou

Coastguard and Police Search and Rescue have began a search for a man missing after a boat sinking in Aparima River estuary at Riverton on this afternoon (Sunday 9th) There were three people on board when it sunk. What we know: Two other people were on board the vessel Two people were able to make [

Early Sunday morning at about 2:45am Fire and Emergency crews were sent to the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter. A building on side between two potlines was destroyed with damage contained to the one building and there were no injuries, production was not interrupted by the building fire. They also had

A man has died following a light plane crash in Southland today. The Rescue Co-ordination Centre (RCC) advised Police around 12:45pm of a report of an overdue microlight just north of Nightcaps. Southern Lakes Helicopter and Te Anau Police Search and Rescue reached the plane around 4:15pm, which was

A 40-year-old man faces a number of charges after he was arrested near Queenstown this afternoon. He was disturbed by another person breaking into a commercial premises in Invercargill around 7:45am today, and fled the scene. Watch video Police chase through Dipton. Police made area inquiries in an