Mike Sanford

Following up our recent story on new building projects around the city we decided to have a wander around the inner city to see for ourselves what was going on. Several people pointed out a couple of new shops in town. One was the new fudge shop, notioNZ   on the Dee – Don St corner. […]

There was a smaller field in this race , 17 cars faced the starter. There was some that dropped out during the race due to either mechanical failure or through  race damage.   John Wadsworth and Wayne Croft from Blenheim were well through the race and had the bad luck to have an incident in their ve

The one hour endurance race was the first round of the South Island one hour race series. It was  held at Teretonga Park on Saturday 19th September. There was a large field of 41 competitors and it made for some close racingover the one hour period. There was some rain which made life interesting fo

The Waimatuku Southern Scenic Highland Pipe Band has pulled off a coup in the pipe band world by being invited to play at next years Edinburgh Military Tattoo in Wellington. Band spokesperson Ann Robbie says it wasn’t a simple process of being asked to play. Ann Robbie says the southern band was cho

The Annual Westpac Southland Business Excellence Awards were held at the Ascot Park Hotel on Friday evening with 350 people attending, including Deputy Prime Minister Bill English. Organised by the Southland Chamber of Commerce, the event was a who’s who of the Southland business world. And the winn

How cute is a this dog train is an old man in Texas who passes the time by adopting abandoned dogs, crafting a dog-sized choo-choo train out of 40-gallon drums and a John Deere X500 ride-on lawnmower, and taking them on tiny dog adventures. Need expert pet advice on what to feed your best friend? […

A wedding with plenty of charm – Mr and Mrs Cole. It’s funny when you try and think about how two people came to meet – especially if they are from different countries. Robert is from South Africa, and Alisa was born, and spent the first few years of her life, in Australia. The couple […]

Invercargill Police have wrapped up their enquiries in to an incident at a local school last week which saw a pupil sustain a serious head injury. Acting Detective Senior Sergeant Stu Harvey says the 10 year old boy was injured  with an electric standard at Sacred Heart School just before school sta