Mike Sanford

The photos were taken on the Oreti River  (Near Centre Bush) On Sunday 23 August. The racing was part of the Southland Twin Rivers Jetboat Race . (They raced on the Mataura River on Sat 22nd August and The Oreti River on Sun 23rd August. 11 Boats took part in the race. The first 3 […]

Now that the days are getting longer and we are getting the odd fine day, we decided to do the rounds and catch up on the new developments that are on the go in our fare city.   At the eastern end of town work is progressing on a new petrol station complex. The new […]

Top marks to all involved with the Placemakers Scooter Challenge. The now bi-annual event has again proven to be an all wheels runaway success. The charity scooter ride has raised close to $60,000 in cash for the Prostate Cancer Foundation and loads more in terms of awareness of the cursed afflictio

Burt Munro brings the street races to Invercargill streets, here is a video giving us a BikeCam view of the track.

Last week it was All Blacks Crockett, Slade and McCaw that drew the crowds, this week it was a jet aircraft that you may well have flown on. Hundreds turned up at Invercargill Airport yesterday to say cherri-oh to the last of Air New Zealand’s Boeing 737 jet aircraft. The 737-300 ZK NGI  is on […]

Photos of the Under 11s Teams for Southland District Rugby League. Plus some of them playing. Sunday 30.08.2015. There is great interest in the Under 11 s Grade. They play every Sunday at 10 am – At the Elles Road League Grounds. Photos courtesy of Dave Loudon Publicity / Media Liason Officer Southl

Invercargill’s Civic Theatre is currently the centre of an emergency response callout involving all emergency services. Venues Manager Kate Feaver said that the emergency services were called as a precaution after a number of school children, rehearsing for the ILT Schools’ Singout, started fainting

Succulent, juicy and healthy, live Huhu grubs   Well you and I may not think so but for an elite group of Southland residents Huhu’s are just the bee’s knees. World famous keeper and breeder of the Tuatara, Lindsay Hazley says his charges are now starting to hanker for some good solid tucker now tha