Mike Sanford

Two Lotto players from Auckland will be lost for words after each winning $500,000 with Lotto First Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. The winning Lotto tickets were sold at New World Stonefields in Auckland and Supervalue Settlement Road in Papakura. Powerball was not struck this evening and ha

Queenstown Police have located the driver involved in a car versus pedestrian crash last night near Adelaide Street and Frankton Road. The driver, a 33-year-old male, will appear in Queenstown District Court on Monday March 6th. He is facing charges of failing to stop/ascertain injury after crash an

Sarah Dowie, MP for Invercargill, says the more than $1 million Tourism Growth Partnership funding announced today for two Southland attractions will help boost tourism in the region. “This is a shot in the arm for our region which saw tourists spend more than $600 million in the past year, up 6 per

The design of the NZ Transport Agency’s State Highway 1 Edendale Bypass, is nearing completion. “The project has been developed to increase the route’s efficiency and to improve both community safety and safety on State Highway 1 between Invercargill and Mataura,” says Transport Agency Project Manag

This Saturday the Riverside Speedway is set to host the final round of the Southern Bullet Series for Modified Sprints. Jason McMullin leads the series heading into the final and despite only having a slender lead of just two points, he shouldn’t feel any pressure. McMullin has been Mr Consistent th

The Cycling New Zealand track team have been awarded the World Cup Round Winner as top team following their medal haul in the UCI World Cup in Los Angeles today. The team won four medals today following their five-medal effort yesterday in Los Angeles, the most they have ever achieved in a single Wo

The presenters for the final award — Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway — were incorrectly given the best actress award envelope. A confused Beatty saw Emma Stone’s name and “La La Land,” and handed the envelope to Dunaway, who then announced the musical as the Best Picture winner. The “La La Land” cast

A man who died early Friday morning 24 February after being involved in a workplace accident at South Port, Bluff is now able to be named. He was Colin Ross Hansen aged 54 of Invercargill. Police extend their sympathies to friends and family of Mr Hansen. Worksafe NZ are investigating and the death