Mike Sanford

At approximately 4am on Sunday May 21st 2017 Police were alerted to a fire at a house on the corner of Hamilton and Lawrence Streets, Gore. Nobody was injured in the fire but extensive damage was caused to the building. Police and a fire investigator have today carried out enquiries at the scene and

Police are requesting assistance from members of the public who may have witnessed an incident at the intersection of Dee Street and Herbert Street Invercargill on Saturday 20th May. At around 5.50pm a man in a black/silver Nissan vehicle was assaulted by a passenger in a green ute. The assault may

Police  Update – Fatal crash near Gore Diversions remain in place at Otaraia near Gore following a fatal crash this afternoon between a campervan and a car. One person has died, and a helicopter has transported one person to Dunedin Hospital – their injuries are not thought to be life-threatening. A

Teretonga Park in Invercargill has been confirmed as one of the venues for next season’s Premier Motorsport Championship. The circuit has been allocated the weekend of 19-21 January 2018 for the event. While Teretonga generally attracts some of the biggest and most enthusiastic motorsport crowds in

It took seconds from the time Green Day blasted into their first song Know Your Enemy for frontman Billie Joe Armstrong to have the crowd completely in his pocket. Amid the explosions, the flames, the dazzling, relentless lights and the band’s murderously tight sound, Armstrong had a message for his

There’s a thief prowling the area. Socks, caps, gloves, singlets, pj pieces and undies.  Calvin Klein, Polo Ralph Lauren, Converse – adults and children’s garments missing? The thief is leaving a trail of these items scattered around the gardens, under decks and bushes, hanging on fences and to the

Congratulations to Southland Boys U19 Representative Basketball Team has earned the #1 seed from the region (not Otago!) and will be going to nationals the first week of June. Show your support and get along to their fundraising Quiz night on Wednesday 24th May.

If you like both kinds of music – country and western – this show’s for you. The cast of the Grand Ole Civic show are calling it the “countriest country show in the country”, and when they take to the stage at the Civic Theatre this week they’ll be bringing a little bit of Nashville […]