Mike Sanford

Southern motorists are urged to take extra care on the roads this morning and to the conditions as areas of black ice emerge. After yesterday’s big freeze, light rain on the roads has turned to black ice in the Otago/Southland Lakes area, and elsewhere in the district. Although the roads looks wet,

Update # 2 – search for fisherman, Southland Police and Search and Rescue staff have concluded today’s search for a missing fisherman off the Slope Point coastline. The missing man, 29-year-old Shan Norton McLauchlan, was reported overdue yesterday. A team will tomorrow return to the coastline to co

Name release – Middlemarch plane crash Police can now name the person who died following a plane crash at Welshman’s Creek, northeast of Middlemarch on Sunday 25 June. He was 73-year-old Murray Joan Barrington of Brighton, Dunedin. Police extend their condolences to his family. The cause of the cras

Thanks to a whatsoninvers.nz fan Andrea Richmond for the video of the Queenstown Winter Festival fireworks. https://www.facebook.com/Andrea.Ashley.Richmond/videos/10212727648401638/

Update State Highway One (Waikouaiti-Waitati Road), Dunedin, has reopened following a fatal crash this afternoon.   Police would like to thank motorists again for their patience and cooperation while diversions were in place.   Please be careful in the wet weather and keep an eye on your following d

After 28 years selling footwear to people in the Invercargill community, Goody Two Shoes co-owner and operator Jan Blee is selling the Esk Street Mall based business to spend more time with her grandchildren; take up painting; do some “gardening” and “renovations” to her home; and is also keen to le

Some of the best brains behind New Zealand’s craft brew industry will be in Invercargill this week for the Southern Malt Collective. Now in its fourth year, the collective, hosted by Invercargill Brewery provides a rare chance for brewers to meet with brewers with to share and growing their skill-se

A car rolled near Gore on Thursday evening two people are seriously injured. What we know: A man and a woman were injured, one seriously and the other critical Two ambulances were sent to the scene at Diamond Peak Road Both people were flown by helicopter to Dunedin Hospital Police were also at the