Mike Sanford

Footrot Flats creator Murray Ball has died, aged 78. Ball was born in Feilding. He worked on the Manawatu Times and The Dominion, then as a freelance cartoonist in the United Kingdom. His most successful cartoon strips were the caveman ‘Stanley’ which appeared in Punch and the colonial ruffian ‘Bruc

A Powerball player from Gisborne has just won $6.5 million with Powerball First Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. One other Lotto player also won $500,000 tonight. The winning Lotto ticket was sold at Collingwood Foodcentre in Invercargill.Collingwood Foodcentre on North Road, sold $500,000 Lot

Queenstown Police are investigating after a man entered a hotel room in the town and stole cash. Two women were asleep in their room at the Holiday Inn at around 4.30am today when the man entered the room and woke one of the women. The man then left the room and the woman discovered an […]

Invercargill Police are investigating a suspicious fire at a residential address in Ettrick Street, Invercargill. Emergency services were called to the house at about 8pm on Monday 6 March 2017. The house was unoccupied at the time and no-one was injured. Police would like to hear from anyone who ma

Two local Wyndham men appeared in Invercargill District Court on Tuesday 7 March following an assault over the weekend. The two men, one aged 22 and the other 23, are alleged to have assaulted another man while they were travelling in a Wyndham hotel courtesy van in the early hours of the morning on

What we know: Armed Offenders Squad call (AOS) are at an address on Aicken Rd Armed police have erected cordons around a house in Otatara Cordons were in place and traffic has been stopped in the area. A police dog handler was also at the scene, she said. Updated: A man has been taken into […]

Early Sunday morning, the body of a man working in the Falls Dam area of Central Otago, approximately 50km north of Alexandra, was found by searchers. He was 63-year-old Ross Andrew Gerken of Manapouri. Mr Gerken was working as a ferret trapper in the area. He set off yesterday morning, Saturday 4 M

Check out highlights from South Alive.‘s AMAZING 2017 Trolley Derby! You’ll love the last crash, but shaken off like a true champion! Rimu Street came alive, with kids (of ALL ages!) zipping down the graceful hill towards Elizabeth Park. With Police writing up speeding tickets and our Whats On Inver