Mike Sanford

A woman was seen being helped into an ambulance, and Southland Hospital confirmed a woman had been brought in for treatment with serious injuries. A staff member at a nearby business said she had locked its doors after hearing a woman had been shot. There was heavy police presence in the area, and i

Invercargill Police are investigating an incident where a man has presented to Southland Hospital on Sunday, 18 September 2016, with a gunshot wound. This incident is believed to have occurred in the Invercargill area sometime around 7pm on Sunday evening. The man remains in a stable condition in So

Invercargill Police are calling for information from the public in regard to a vehicle fire in the early hours of Sunday 18 September. At approximately 5.20am on Sunday morning Police were called to the corner of Scott and Boxall Streets where a grey van was on fire. The vehicle was extensively dama

Long running local antique and secondhand store Bell and Wyatt is closing. Starting in 1971 by partners Athol Bell and William Wyatt, Bell and Wyatt became a secondhand shop staple of the South. Since 1995, the store had been run by local basketball enthusiast Danny Wyatt, until his passing earlier

Invercargill Police wish to speak to witnesses of a crash which occurred last night at an Invercargill intersection. At approximately 7.30pm on Friday 16 September, a motorist was heading in an easterly direction on Otepuni Avenue. As the driver turned into Inglewood Road, she collided with a young

EXCLUSIVE: Sport store chain Stirling Sports confirmed to whatsoninvers.nz today they are opening a new store in the former Raw Energy site on Esk Street Mall. A mid October opening date is to be confirmed. The Esk Street Mall store will be managed and operated by Stirling Sports Gore franchise co o

Update:  Name release – fatal crash Edendale, Southland “ Police can now name the woman killed in a fatal crash on Edendale-Wyndham Road, on the Mataura River Bridge in Southland on Thursday 15 September. She was 18-year-old Hayley Taylor. Police extend their sympathies to Hayley’s friends and famil

In a culinary contest against some of New Zealand’s best, Invercargill’s Ascot Park Hotel has proved it’s up to the challenge. The hotel’s Emberz restaurant has earned two nominations in the annual Hospitality New Zealand Awards for Excellence – in the coveted Best Restaurant category and Best New/R