Mike Sanford

Cabinet has decided that New Zealand will have a one-off public holiday and state memorial service to mark the death of Queen Elizabeth II. The one-off holiday will be held on Monday 26 September. There will be no trade restrictions. In a statement, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said many New Zealan

All mask wearing requirements except in healthcare and aged care will be scrapped, and household contacts will no longer need to isolate, the government has confirmed. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Minister for Covid-19 Response Ayesha Verrall this afternoon confirmed Cabinet’s decision to scrap

Invercargill City ratepayers Mayoral poll vote below. This poll will run till next weekend. ::: POLL CLOSED:::   This week is a big week with the Chamber of Commerce ‘Big Debate’ a mayoral debate with speed dating the candidates on Wednesday and voting papers go out late next week. We will add a Inv

For 30 days of a glorious 1954 summer, New Zealand has been honoured with the presence of the Sovereign and her consort. From north, south, east and west, countless thousands have thronged to see and acclaim the Royal visitors. Wherever the Queen has gone, there too have the cameras followed. The gr

Nominations for candidates for Environment Southland closed today for the 2022 election. There were 18 nominations received, with 7 of those being submitted on the final day. The list of candidates can be found below, and elections will be required in all except Western regional constituencies. Elec

Maybe include some opinion. Just over 24 hours into our Mayoral poll and we have had over 490 votes. In this poll, same as the previous poll, from the start frontrunner Nobby Clark took off and never looked back with a constant 30+ vote margin but did narrow to 20’s ahead of Toni Biddle who […]

In 2003, Dr Sally Bodkin-Allen instigated the first SIT Kids Concert for the children of Southland in her role as Music Tutor; in the throes of organising eleven shows for next week – including a special twentieth anniversary evening show – she’s looking forward to what she calls, “my favourite week

Invercargill Airport Limited (IAL) announced the appointment of its new Chief Executive Stuart Harris. Stuart takes up his new role on Monday October 31. Having graduated with a Master of Engineering in Fire Engineering from the University of Canterbury and an MBA from the University of Auckland, he