Mike Sanford

Police are investigating reports of illegal hunting in the Rowallen Forest near Tuatapere in mid-June. In particular, Police would like to identify the occupants of a black double-cab ute which entered two isolated residential properties in the area in the early hours of Saturday 17 June. The vehicl

Invercargill is gearing up for a Matariki Festival in the heart of Invercargill’s City Centre on Saturday 1 July. City Centre Co-ordinator Kari Graber said Esk Street Mall will be closed to traffic and transformed for the day to host the Festival, which will incorporate a number of traditional Maori

Highlights video of the Invercargill Mid Winter Fire and Light Festival held on Saturday 17th June. Thanks to Levi Goodall for the video.

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