Aimee Wilson

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

Small but mighty Ballantynes department store has opened in the South as its fourth retail store for the company in New Zealand. The Ballantynes Select store includes a range of curated fashion, accessories and gifts from its flagship Christchurch store into downtown Invercargill. The Select range i

Close to $150,000 worth of women’s clothing, school uniforms, bike parts and other sports equipment was donated to various community groups from H&J Smiths when the department store closed late last year. Related: H&J Smith Ltd Donates Iconic Christmas Decorations to Southland Hospital Chief executi

Invercargill Mayor Nobby Clark is back walking 40 minutes a day and has been keeping an eye on council meetings from the comfort of his home. The heart surgery he went through recently was no straightforward operation, and there have been a few minor complications since, such as fluid on the lungs a

Dirty nappies and dead animals are all ending up in people’s recycled bins and WasteNet Southland is about to start an audit process to see what’s going on. According to data in a report to the Wastenet Advisory Group’s monthly meeting in Gore today, 16-17% of the recycled material is contaminated.