Aimee Wilson

Organisers of the annual Placemakers Southern Scooter Challenge say it was the best one yet, raising more than $60,000 for the Grace Street Project. Latest News Loading... Co-organiser Tash Clay said changing the route from Teretonga to Te Anau with new stops along the way and the community spirit

Invercargill City councillors have decided that Grant Dermody wasn’t in breach of the code of conduct when he made comments at the Rugby Park stakeholders meeting on February 3. Latest News Loading... All but one councillor present at the extraordinary meeting in Invercargill today (Tuesday March 31), voted against

The donations are still coming in from the Southland Relay For Life held almost two weeks ago. Otago Southland Cancer Society southern community manager Gavin Booth said they well and truly smashed their target of $100,000 this year. By 5pm on March 14 during the ILT Stadium Southland 12-hour

Two new labrador puppies from Invercargill have recently joined the K9 Medical Detection bowel cancer detection squad. Each puppy costs $85,000 to raise from 8 weeks to 12 months when they are ready to start cancer odour detection work. The Invercargill Licensing Trust (ILT) is one of the southern

It was a magical moment at council on Tuesday afternoon, when members of Te Rūnaka o Waihopai broke into waiata following the appointment of Mike Bain. Mike was appointed Pou Manawhenua– Waihōpai Rūnaka on the Water, Infrastructure and Growth, Community and Regulatory and Invercargill District Licensing Committees. The Invercargill City

It’s almost auction time for St John Invercargill’s playhouse and the site will soon be cleared for the new Southland District Headquarters. On Friday 13th March, ASB Bank Invercargill presented a cheque for $1,531 they had raised. St John Invercargill operations manager Cary Grant said teams were

Career firefighter union members in the south are facing pay cuts while they carry on their two-weekly strikes from this Friday. Invercargill NZPFU representative Aaron Ramsey said strike action is continuing on Mondays and Fridays for an hour, on the corner of Gala Street, where the protest moved several weeks

The Southland Business Chamber and the Young Enterprise Scheme (YES) held a successful Spark Tank session in Invercargill on Friday. Held at the Workingmen’s Club using local mentors to guide students with their ideas, head of strategic partnerships and marketing Abbie McKoy said she loved how young people were