Mike Sanford

Mercury’s GM Portfolio Phil Gibson and Mayor-Elect of Gore District Council Ben Bell, used a yellow spade to celebrate the start of construction of Stage I of Mercury’s $115m Kaiwera wind farm near Gore. The ceremony, attended by Council, community members and landowners formally marked the start of

Once again the Tour of Southland’s Bluff Hill stage has provided plenty of drama and helped to set up a fascinating second half to this year’s race. On a day where the peloton was tested by the weather and rolling terrain before even starting what is arguably New Zealand cycling’s most famous climb,

Invercargill Police have now completed their investigation into a hit and run crash on Marama Avenue, South Otatara on 25 September 2022 that resulted in a 19-year-old man receiving serious injuries. A 22-year-old local man has now been summonsed to appear in the Invercargill District Court on 17 No

Gore District mayor-elect Ben Bell today welcomed the decision by a District Court Judge to decline an application for a mayoral vote recount. The recount had been sought by Tracy Hicks, who lost the mayoralty in October’s election by eight votes to Team Hokonui candidate Ben Bell. At 23 years of ag

A big day in the wind has provided a record Tour of Southland field with its first major test of this year’s race. In the end it was rookie Zakk Patterson (Base Solutions Racing) who won a bunch sprint on the Te Anau lakefront, with overnight leader Boris Clark (Quality Foods Southland) retaining hi

Meeting of the Invercargill City Council held in the Council Chamber, First Floor, Civic Administration Building, 101 Esk Street, Invercargill on Tuesday 1 November 2022 at 3.00 pm. Read the meeting agenda here.

Southland mental health services are struggling with staff shortages, as the need for specialist mental health support increases. Across the country there’re vacancies for 650 full-time mental health workers. In Southland alone, our hospital desperately needs a mental health clinical psychologist, a

Ohaupo rider Boris Clark was as surprised as anyone to be wearing the yellow jersey after today’s second stage of the Tour of Southland. Riding in his fourth lap of the south, Clark (Quality Foods Southland) was happily preparing to collect the Most Combative jersey after being part of the breakaway