Aimee Wilson

There will be large teapots buzzing around Queens Park on Sunday and MC Darren Ludlow will be giving live commentary on the racing. This year’s annual Teapot Racing by The Southern Society of Steampunk Steamologists has stepped up a notch, in preparation for the New Zealand festival in Oamaru at Kin

There will be food for Africa at this weekend’s annual Southland Multicultural Food Festival at ILT Stadium Southland. Now in its 16th year, the event is held close to Race Relations Day and attracts thousands of people, eager to try a range of ethnic foods – this year there will be a record 47 vend

Macdonald & Weston will celebrate 100 years in business this Sunday, with an open day to the public including a barbecue and other giveaways. The family owned and operated business was bought by Sharron Hanley in 2015, standing by her motto of integrity, compassion, and kindness. A fully qualified f

Invercargill City Councillor Barry Stewart had his Nissan Safari stolen for the second time in four months on Sunday morning. The councillor was now beginning to think it was a personal attack, after a series of threatening incidents recently, prompting he and his wife to seriously contemplate movin

An Invercargill commercial business owner will literally go to any lengths to stop the Invercargill City Council from taking away parks outside his Yarrow Street shopping centre. Related: Yarrow Street Intersection Speed Bump Is Out Colin Stuart, who now lives in Ashburton said he was evicted from t

The last stretch of national highway between Invercargill and Bluff has been left off the Government’s $20 billion roading fund for a much needed upgrade. State Highway 1 was in poor condition and deputy Mayor Tom Campbell expressed his concern at Tuesday’s Infrastructure Committee meeting that none

The Wonkey Donkey man will be this year’s guest artist at the annual Invercargill Plunket Teddy Bears Picnic on Sunday. Community services co-ordinator Judy Cook said Craig Smith has been to a few Teddy Bears’ picnics and was always a hit with all the generations. The event has been going strong for

The speed bump proposed for the Yarrow Street intersection will no longer be installed after a majority of councillors from the Infrastructure Committee voted against it. Last month the committee agreed to push on with the important safety upgrade of the intersection, installing traffic lights to im