Mike Sanford

Teviot Road in Roxburgh is now blocked due to a slip. Police are advising motorists to avoid all travel to the area. Roxburgh is currently inaccessible from the south, as Teviot Road was the diversion for the previously reported slips on SH8. People wishing to travel to Central Otago from the south

State Highway 8, between Roxburgh and Ettrick, is currently blocked in both directions by two slips. Diversions are in place at the Millers Flat Bridge and the Roxburgh Dam. Rain is continuing to fall and there is widespread surface flooding in the Roxburgh area. The public is asked to avoid the are

The Emergency Mobile Alert should appear automatically on your phone’s screen with a unique and penetrating warning sound. As Emergency Mobile Alerts are about keeping you safe, you won’t be able to opt-out of receiving Emergency Mobile Alert. The nationwide test of the Emergency Mobile Alert system

Three Lotto players from Rotorua, Christchurch and Alexandra will also be celebrating tonight after each winning $250,000 with Lotto First Division.  The winning Lotto tickets were sold at Lucky Lotto Shop in Rotorua, Fendalton New World in Christchurch and Paper Plus Alexandra in Alexandra. Meanwhi

I’m looking forward to building on the strong relationship I’ve developed during the past two years with the Chao Shan General Association of New Zealand – a business and cultural group set up to promote tourism, trade and other mutual benefits between the eastern area of Guangdong, the most populou

One hundred people throughout Southland will enjoy a brighter Christmas this year, as Christmas boxes packed full of gifts will be packed at City Impact Church Invercargill today (Saturday 25th) to be delivered to them in early December. The outreach, which has occurred annually at City Impact Churc

Entries are wanted for the 2017 Gingerbread House Competition, which this year includes a special category for replicas of Invercargill buildings. The competition is back for a second year, organised by Invercargill City Council City Centre Co-ordinator Kari Graber. The community event was a great o

A 33-year-old Invercargill man was arrested on firearms-related charges following the execution of a search warrant in the suburb of Newfield this morning. The man was due to appear in the Invercargill District Court yesterday. The search warrant was executed with the assistance of the Armed Offende