Aimee Wilson

Invercargill is hosting the New Zealand Table Tennis Championships over the next week for the first time in 21 years. The eight-day event kicks off tomorrow morning at ILT Stadium Southland with an opening ceremony at 8:30am, bringing 268 individuals and 91 teams of three players south. Southland Ta

They came with signs and picketed at The Crescent in Invercargill for better pay – some Awanui lab workers are only getting minimum wage. In Wellington they are also protesting outside Awanui’s big Co-Lab sector forum, and are looking for all the support they can get. Union representative Karen Eliz

JB Hi-Fi is coming to Invercargill Central in early December and has already started its recruitment process in the south. The retail store is looking for 30 permanent staff as well as temp staff for over the busy periods, and so far the company has had some good candidates apply. Related: Invercarg

Bruce Robertson has some good feedback on Invercargill City Council’s Risk and Assurance Committee since stepping in to help deal with issues, such as the litigation over former Mayor – Sir Tim Shadbolt. As independent chair of the committee, as well as many others around the country, Bruce gave a ‘

Bryce McKenzie and Laurie Paterson are ready to bring the tractors out again, but this time they’re touring the length of the country. The Groundswell NZ Drive 4 Change rally kicks off this Friday in Southland, where they hope at least 20 or 30 others will join them. They aim to get to the Ellerslie

Southland Boys’ High School has much to celebrate this week. Moascar Cup rugby history goes right back to the end of the first World War, but for the next year it all belongs in the south. Invercargill Mayor Nobby Clark congratulated the First XV team at a special ceremony today, along with Southlan

Mike Pero Southland and Central Otago franchise owner Sheree Williams has sold the most houses nationwide for the company in 2023, taking home the two top awards. At the Mike Pero ‘2k23’ conference last week she was awarded Top NZ individual for her impressive amount of house sales, proving the mark

Junior doctors at Southland Hospital have been providing Awanui Laboratories staff with grocery vouchers and meals to compensate for their low wages. Last week medical registrar Dr Andrew McLachlan gifted head of processing Sue Diack the packages after becoming aware of how poorly they were paid. “T