Mike Sanford

These are my top 50 garden ideas, garden hacks, garden secrets, tips and tricks that will blow away your mind. After the success of my 101 gardening hacks four years ago, I present these fresh and new gardening hacks and tricks for home gardening – for beginners as well as experts in gardening hobby

Southland teams brought home great results from the Marching New Zealand South Island Championships last weekend. Five competitive marching teams travelled to Nelson to compete in the championship marches – Blue Jay, Hokonui, Southern Stars U12 as well as Blue  Jay and Hokonui u16 teams. Hokonui u16

Environment Southland’s latest monitoring has found elevated levels of toxic algae at Hamilton Burn, at Affleck Road. Toxic algae (benthic cyanobacteria) can be recognised at rivers and streams as a dark green/brown slime on rocks, or dark brown/black mats at the water’s edge. Several factors can co

This could be the last time students can enrol in the Southern Institute of Technology’s zero fees scheme, as the Government moves to dismantles it and bring all polytechnics under one fee structure, National’s Tertiary Education spokesperson and Invercargill MP Penny Simmonds says. “It’s going to b

“You’re almost home. Don’t be almost dead.” As the holiday season approaches, New Zealand’s largest privately owned transport company is taking the time to remind everyone on the road to step out of the “almost” mentality and ask themselves if the driving choices they are making are really worth the

Christmas arrived a few days early at the Gore District Council with confirmation of $ 2.29 million in Government funding for local projects. The Department of Internal Affairs has accepted all six projects proposed by the Council earlier this year for the first tranche of funding from the 3 Waters

A geophysical report has found that there is no obvious structural damage to the stop banks on the Mataura River as a result of the 2020 flood event, however, river engineers have raised concerns about a 600m section along the Mataura township that is at risk of erosion. Environment Southland commis

A lifetime of service to the sport by Southland Basketball’s General Manager Jill Bolger was recognised at last month’s SBA Annual General Meeting with a life membership bestowed on the long-time administrator. Bolger blows the full time whistle on her role with Southland Basketball this week and wi