Mike Sanford

Agricultural training in the South took a major step forward today, with the commencement of the Southern Institute of Technology's Telford campus refurbishment, Invercargill MP Penny Simmonds says. "Today marks the beginning of the $2.4 million campus refurbishment and the start of even more positive change

ILT maintains investment in people and community through challenging trading year ILT Group held its Annual General Meeting on 8 September, outlining its financial performance for the year ended 31 March 2026. Against a challenging operating environment for the hospitality and accommodation sector, ILT maintained revenue broadly in line with

Thirteen thousand eight hundred Southland homes are warmer than they were. But roughly 16,500 still aren't. The Southland Warm Homes Trust is marking 15 years of operation and celebrating the reach of the Warmer Kiwi Homes Programme — while being straight about how much work remains in one

Community Trust South has a new board member. Erin Moogan has been appointed to the trust, which manages investment portfolios and distributes grants across Southland and the wider region. The appointment is one of 25 made across nine of New Zealand's 12 community trusts, announced by Associate Finance

Invercargill won't be getting a Māori ward. Councillors voted against it this week, and the push from local iwi to leave things as they are made it an easy call. Council manager Michael Morris told the meeting that feedback from Te Rūnaka o Awarua and Waihōpai Rūnaka was

More than 13,000 caps. One good cause. And a pop-up shop that's probably unlike anything Invercargill Central has hosted before. The Rotary Club of Invercargill Charitable Trust has been gifted an enormous collection of caps from an estate — 13,000-plus of them — and rather than let them

Fog cannons, not fire, sent two crews to Noel Leeming in Invercargill on Friday morning. Fire and Emergency was notified of an alarm activation at the store at 8:32am on August 22. Two crews from Invercargill station responded. The culprit: accidental activation of fog cannons. Crews cleared the smoke

Two SIT staff spent a week in Poland this month building international partnerships — and came back with genuine interest in Southland as a study destination. SIT nurse educator Marie Meyer and head of faculty Hamish Small travelled to Gdańsk from May 20 to 24 to attend the Powiślańska Academy of