Mike Sanford

The weather was looking a bit crap but the annual Southland Santa Parade went ahead as planned and it was great to see the Centre City streets packed with Southlanders of all ages including families enjoy the parade. Well done Southland. :::A message from the Southland Santa Parade Organisers::: Wan

A social media campaign titled “I Recycle, Do You?” is being run by WasteNet Southland to celebrate this week’s Southland Recycle Week. The aim of the week is to encourage Southlanders to learn about recycling, take actions around home and work, and share their recycling experience with family and f

Discover the world of Nanotechnology with Nanogirl, AKA Dr Michelle Dickinson, as she explains how the manipulation of matter invisible to the naked eye is changing our lives. Some of the most incredible technological advances in recent years have been made under powerful microscopes. These discover

The SOUTHLAND BUSKERS FESTIVAL has been a highlight in Invercargill events calendar for the past six years, and we’re back January 28-31st with our seventh. We’re one of the region’s most accessible and entertaining events, bringing laughs and gasps to Invercargill each summer via a performance line

We Live in Interesting Times. No, amend that, we are living in explosive times ! From out of nowhere terror reigned down on Paris over the weekend. Reports now show that terrorists launched attacks brought their trade of misery to several venues in that fine city. Attacks on places where people, ord

Long time local lighting company Hishon Lighting are closing their retail store to focus on the commercial side of the business and to make more room for Southland Real Estate bringing their rentals department into the same building. The business started life as Hishon Brothers – the Shop With The L

Here is a fun Christmas advert from overseas that the entire family will enjoy. The U.K. supermarket chain Sainsbury’s shared this season’s ad featuring a sweet but mischievous cat named Mog who nearly ruins Christmas for her family. After Mog nearly burns down her home through an increasingly unfor

Young Reflections have opened their annual Christmas pop up book shop in Cambridge Arcade and its full of dairies, calendars, kids books, adults reading (fiction & non fiction) cook books and more. Adult non fiction. Baby, recipe and health books. Crafty books. Dairies. Letter writing sets. Adult fi