Mike Sanford

The future of New Zealand’s economy hangs on its ability to swiftly embrace and invest in digital tech skills, NZTech chief executive Graeme Muller says. He was commenting today on the release of a major digital skills report released by the New Zealand Digital Skills Forum, which is a collaborative

Former Invercargill police officer Benjamin McLean has been jailed for 17 years for killing his wife and attempting to kill her partner. Former police officer Benjamin McLean appears for sentencing after pleading guilty to murdering his wife. McLean appeared in the High Court at Invercargill this mo

The Christmas Championship at The Riverside Speedway came to an abrupt end as a massive hit by two Stockcar drivers left a sizeable hole in the concrete wall in their third and final heat. Both Casey McEwan and Glen Fraser walked away from the incident unscathed but their cars and the wall will cert

Police are attending reports of a multiple vehicle crash in Maheno, near Oamaru which occurred at about 6pm this evening. Some of the occupants of the vehicles are trapped. Three helicopters have been called to the scene. One patient is in a critical condition Two patients are in a serious condition

Police can now release the name of the man whose body was recovered from Stevensons Island, Lake Wanaka yesterday (December 16). The Police National Dive Squad found the body at 3.30pm on Saturday (December 16), not far from where he went missing. Our thoughts are with his family at this time. The d

A man’s body has been found during the search for a swimmer who went missing yesterday afternoon from Stevensons Island, Lake Wanaka. The Police National Dive Squad found the body at 3.30pm today, not far from where the swimmer went missing. Police extend their sympathies to the man’s family at this

Emergency services, Wanaka Search and Rescue and Coastguard were notified when a man disappeared swimming at midday today in Lake Wanaka. The man was on Stevensons Island when he swam out to retrieve a drifting boat but then got into trouble. Another person swam out to help him but that person wasn’

A revamp of Lumsden’s town centre has been given a $220,000 boost in government funding. A Southland District Council application for money to help upgrade the town’s historic railway precinct was approved today in the first round of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment Tourism Infras