Mike Sanford

Leading food company Alliance Group has reported promising outcomes from a pilot programme marketing hogget as a premium product as the co-operative seeks to capture more value for farmer shareholders. A number of farmer shareholders asked the co-operative to explore the development of a market for

A front is forecast to approach the lower South Island Tuesday morning, bringing rain to western areas and another period of west to northwest gales to many parts of the south. The strongest winds are expected to affect Fiordland, Southland, Otago, and Canterbury south of the Rakaia River. A Severe

Invercargill Airport will be the first airport in New Zealand to have its air traffic control tower replaced with a digital system operated from a remote location. Air Navigation Services Provider Airways today issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) seeking a supplier of digital tower technology for In

The Invercargill Bowling Club is the latest Southern organisation to benefit from a life-saving donation from PowerNet and St John. An automated defibrillator (AED) donated to the club this week, is the first of three AEDs proposed for donation to Southern communities during this year. The donation

A call to action from the public has been demanded by those who attended the Southland Museum Memorial Service/public meeting today. Speaking during the formal part of the service (https://livestream.com/accounts/10730215/events/8189314) at the Invercargill Workingmen’s Club, Invercargill Ratepayer’

Two Lotto players from Taupo and the West Coast will be popping the champagne after each winning $500,000 with Lotto First Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. The winning tickets were sold at Pak N Save Taupo in Taupo and on MyLotto to a player from the West Coast. Powerball was not struck this e

The Community Trust of Southland today announced the Trust will reopen a Major Grants round in 2018-19, investing an extra $1.5 million into the community for grants over $100,000.  This will bring the grants budget up to $8 million for the year ahead. Major grants funding had been paused in 2016 as

The site of the New Dunedin Hospital gives Southern DHB the flexibility to meet today’s healthcare challenges and the needs of future generations, Commissioner Kathy Grant says. The Ministry of Health today confirmed the billion-dollar-plus hospital will be built across two central city blocks: the