Aimee Wilson

Invercargill Mayor and five councillors are travelling to Japan tomorrow to mark 30 years of the sister city relationship with Kumagaya. Manager of governance and legal, Michael Morris confirmed that deputy Mayor Tom Campbell and councillors Trish Boyle, Alex Crackett, Darren Ludlow and Barry Stewar

Invercargill’s CCTV upgrade will be all systems go starting in December, as the new technology begins to be implemented. General manager of infrastructure Erin Moogan told the Infrastructure Committee meeting yesterday that there would be two streams of work overlapping the network design, as well a

It’s almost Matariki Murihiku time when all eyes will be on Queen’s Park starting tonight (Friday). Organised and funded by the Tūturu Trust and now in its fifth year, the festival is an accumulation of ideas by local art workshop facilitator Sharne Parkinson. An array of designs are being brought t

Invercargill has the worst waste minimisation results in the country, and the council wants Waste Net to get cracking on action plans. At the Invercargill City Council’s infrastructure meeting yesterday, councillors talked about demanding answers from the city’s household waste service provider. It

JJ’s Southland is moving after 63 years to a new purpose-built  state-of-the-art tractor and machinery sales and service centre, at the Lorneville roundabout. Group marketing manager Kari Graber said the new building will be far bigger and allow the company future growth as well as more display area

The biggest franchise video store in Australasia is finally closing its doors after 39 years. United Video South City Invercargill will no longer be renting DVD’s from Friday May 26, and begin to start selling off all of its titles – with 80,000 in stock. Three years ago the business started downsiz

A last minute 3 Waters Transition Programme report tabled at Council 12 hours before the meeting, prompted huge debate around whether to discuss it behind closed doors. A 6-5 split in favour of not keeping it confidential, prompted Invercargill City Council managers to warn they were potentially put

A Makarewa-based charitable trust has received national recognition by Adult and Community Education Aotearoa (ACE). Jade Ward, of Reigning Downs Hauora Centre, has just been awarded ACE’s Top Educator Tangata Whenua 2023. The centre is the first of its kind, bringing education and equine experience