Aimee Wilson

It’s a big weekend coming up for the Southland Kennel Association Championship Show. The club has been going strong since 1934 and holds its major show weekend late October/early November, attracting exhibitors and dogs from throughout the country. This year two Canadian judges will be officiating a

Invercargill Mayor Nobby Clark is hopeful the new Government will provide necessary funding for an emergency water supply in city, as well as help address the city’s housing needs, fit out the new museum and support a new civic hub development. Top priority in the Invercargill City Council’s Beyond

A 21-year-old Invercargill man was left unconscious on the side of the road on Monday morning after four patched gang members knocked him out and stole his ute. The family of the victim wish to remain anonymous but have already received hundreds of messages of support for their son, who suffered a b

A generous potato grower in Invercargill has donated 1.6ha of spuds to Able Minds to help families across Southland and Otago. Able Minds chief executive Sarah Dowie said staff and clients will be having a team building day next Tuesday (October 24), to dig and harvest the potatoes. They will then b

The Invercargill Mayor has taken over the lead role on the CCTV project after it was revealed this week it was actually still only at the concept stage. Councillors had been led to believe stage one of the system would be up and running in the CBD by Christmas – at a stretch, but this […]

National MP Penny Simmonds can literally sit on the right side of the room in Parliament, after a landslide win for the Invercargill electorate at the weekend. Moving off the Opposition bench to now be with the rest of the National Government, she beat Labour MP Liz Craig by 9000 votes on Saturday n

It’s that time of year again when organisers of the iconic Southland Santa Parade are starting to get busy with plans for the big annual event. This year the route of the parade will change again slightly, because of tougher restrictions from Waka Kotahi regarding transport management. Event manager

A Britz campervan driver shut down the Invercargill Central carpark for a whole hour at midday today, after his oversized vehicle hit the sprinkler system and sent water gushing everywhere. Shopping centre manager Kelvin Mooney said when the man initially hit the height restriction sign, he continue