Aimee Wilson

Who would’ve thought that potholes on our roads have connected people worldwide? Our clever whatsoninvers.nz founder Mike Sanford found this appropriate and somewhat humorous meme to highlight the poor state of our roads, while taking a drive on Sunday back in March. He posted it on the What’s On So

It’s almost D-day for H&J Smith’s department stores in Invercargill and Queenstown after a four week consultation process. Staff have been given Tuesday off to absorb the news and the company said it will work closely with those who will be impacted by the closure of the department store business. R

More than 50 skaters from Auckland, Dunedin, Christchurch, Queenstown and Alexandra entered the Ice Sports Southland figure skating championships at the weekend. Executive committee member Melissa Cummings said following a six month closure for a well overdue ground thaw and maintenance, the team of

CocaBella got laid last week – the new carpet looks fantastic inside the adult store. Owner Tracey Stenhouse has been in business for the past eight years, and decided now was a good time to give her shop a real facelift. Repainting the inside from an orange to a more seductive raspberry red, there

Liz Rowsell must be one of Whitcoulls’ longest serving employees, retiring today from her job after an impressive 47 years at the Invercargill store. Arriving at the retail store on her last day, she admitted to feeling a bit teary but was also looking forward to sleeping in. “I’m a night owl and no

Wachner Place could be dramatically changed under the next stage of the City Streets development, and the public will be consulted on the new design. The Finance and Projects Committee met yesterday to discuss many of the big projects happening around the city, and to make more firm commitments arou

Southern Mayors and councils have a big decision to make now that the Future For Local Government Review has been released.  Invercargill Mayor Nobby Clark believes the scariest thing about the amalgamation of councils is that along with four Southland councils becoming one unitary council, it will

An attempt by the Mayor to change Invercargill history and adopt a bilingual approach to buildings around the city met with opposition by local iwi. Nobby Clark’s notice of motion to have a more co-ordinated approach where both te reo and English presented equally on buildings, was labelled divisive