Mike Sanford

Video of the stranded 4WD leaving the snow. Updated: Good news. Reports out today say all the vehicles that were stranded on the Old Man Range after a blizzard a couple of week ago have been rescued. A local bulldozing contractor cleared a path along the track so all the vehicles could be brought do

DAME COMPANIONS OF THE NEW ZEALAND ORDER OF MERIT (DNZM) Ellen Dolour France For services to the judiciary Karen Margaret Sewell, QSO For services to education KNIGHT COMPANIONS OF THE NEW ZEALAND ORDER OF MERIT (KNZM) Robert George Mappin Fenwick, CNZM, KStJ For services to conservation and busines

If you’ve been along Queens drive passing the Tower Lodge motel recently you may have noticed the construction of a big plastic tunnel house, no its NOT a full on green crop operation. There was a fire caused by an electrical fault started in the ceiling of one of the units, so the big tunnel […]

The Southland Chamber of Commerce is excited to be moving to the Esk Street Mall end of the SIT Arcade in early July. As part of the on-going strategic partnership the move brings with it a collaboration between the Chamber and SIT’s new ‘Business HUB’ also opened recently in the arcade. Chambers ne

The future looks bright for Smoke free rock quest first-timer Levi Dick, after he took out the solo duo title at the Otago regional heats, held at Kavanagh College on Saturday. Levi came up to Dunedin to perform with his music teacher from Invercargill’s James Hargest College, along with a couple of

The Hunting & Fishing store will be relocating to the current CRT/Farmlands outlet on the Leet/Deveron Street corner. It’ll be major upsizing as this building is twice the size of their current Leven Street store. CRT/Farmalnds are moving to brand new purpose built premises at the Invercargill Busin

Southern District Police are reminding people to ensure their properties are locked after a number of burglaries in the area overnight on Friday. Two rural properties near Invercargill were entered overnight, and a number of firearms and farm tools were taken. “We need to remind people to be diligen

Queenstown’s first night flight