Mike Sanford

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

Southern Institute of Technology’s recently released Economic Impact Report (EIR) produced by BERL – Business and Economic Research Limited, highlights the significant role the institution has on Southland’s economy, both in generating gross domestic product (GDP) and employment; the report outlines

At Environment Southland’s inaugural meeting of Council this afternoon, Nicol Horrell was voted in as chairman, uncontested. This is his third consecutive term in the role. In the recent local government elections Chairman Horrell was uncontested in the Western constituency. This is his sixth term o

Police executed two search warrants today, 27 October, at addresses in Mavora Place and Mavora Crescent in Invercargill. These search warrants were in relation to an ongoing investigation into a serious assault in John Street Invercargill on 10 October 2022. The male victim is currently in hospital