Mike Sanford

The Smokefree Areas Policy was unanimously passed at the Invercargill City Council meeting on 7 November 2017. The policy makes the area within the boundary of Tay, Spey Street, Deveron and Dee streets (including Wachner Place) a smokefree area. The policy idea was originally submitted by the Inverc

Monitoring carried out by Environment Southland has detected potentially toxic algae in shallow areas/edges of the mid-Mataura river. The algae produces toxins that can be harmful to people and animals if swallowed, or through contact with skin. Environment Southland have added: Environment Southlan

Greenstone Entertainment, promoters of the upcoming sold out Summer Concert Tour, have today confirmed two new artists as part of their January 2018 line-up. In a statement from George Thorogood & The Destroyers management, “Due to a family illness, George Thorogood and The Destroyers will be unable

New Zealand’s World Champion team sprint trio produced a stunning early season performance to win their final on the first night of the UCI Oceania Track Championships in Cambridge. The trio of Ethan Mitchell, Sam Webster and Eddie Dawkins broke the New Zealand New All Comers record with a time of 4

Cromwell’s Graham Williamson certainly left his best till last at The Rock Riverside Speedway’s annual Memorial Meeting held in Invercargill. Williamson went into the event as the defending Rod McLaren Memorial Trophy holder and was confident he could go back to back but acknowledged the competition

In an epic trans-Tasman clash of the titans, the Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel will take on the Sunshine Coast Lightning in March next year. In a showdown highly-anticipated by netball fans, the Steel, winners of the 2017 ANZ Premiership, will host the Noeline Taurua-coached Lightning, the 2017 Su

Fifty percent of the tickets for next year’s Bluff Oyster & Food Festival, scheduled to take place in Bluff on Saturday 26 May 2018, have been sold and event organisers are expecting a surge of sales over the next few weeks as traditionally tickets are purchased as Christmas presents at this time of

The future of Southland is a conversation being had by many in the region’s business community, but it’s something that affects the whole region, not just business. The Southland Regional Development Strategy (SoRDS) is something which many have heard of, but not all know how it relates to them. Sou