Mike Sanford

After whatsoninvers.nz reported last week the powers to be were trying to put to an end to a long held Bluff tradition of local kids playing at the boat ramp. Deputy mayor Rebecca Amundsen and Invercargill City Council CEO Richard King paid a visit to work out a solution for boaties and the kids. On

Update: Fire and Emergency advise the fire near Tiwai is now contained. Fire and Emergency confirm a scrub fire near the Tiwai Smelter in Southland, with Four helicopters and tankers being used to extinguish it. Fire and Emergency received calls around 8pm Monday evening. The blaze, which can be see

Some Bluff residents may be without water after a mains failure in the town this morning. Water Manager Alister Murray said recovery of the system had not happened as quickly as anticipated after the main was repaired about 11.30am. Some residents in Pilcher Avenue, and in upper areas of Lagan Stree

UPDATE (Monday 22nd – 5:30pm): Police can now name the woman who was killed in a crash in Alexandra on Friday 19 January 2018 around 12:50pm. The crash between a Mini and a Nissan 4X4 happened at the intersection of Clutha Road and Ventry Road, just before 12:50pm that day. Police apologise for earl

Wanaka Police are appealing for sightings of black Mazda ute following an assault at Puzzling World on Saturday afternoon (20 January). At around 3.30pm three men assaulted an Australian tourist when he intervened in what appeared to be a racially targeted verbal altercation. He was checked by medic

Invercargill City Council start a major drainage upgrade starting on Tay street weeks before Burt Munro Challenge. Editor: Not sure this is a good idea with Burt Munro starts in two weeks, have council roading department considered that? Here is the notice from council. Upgrade Work to replace storm

There was action aplenty throughout two days of racing in the Speedworks Motorsport NZ Championship meeting at Teretonga Park near Invercargill this weekend. Clement Novalak, a British domiciled Frenchman, won the Spirit Of A Nation feature race for the Castrol Toyota Racing Series cars in just his

Speedway fans from all over the country flocked to Riverside Speedway in droves on Saturday night for the running of the Cleanways 2003 Ltd New Zealand Streetstock Championship, the car park area was overflowing with cars leaving a number of fans having to park outside of the grounds in what would b