Aimee Wilson

Dancing, drumming and dramatic displays were all part of the atmosphere at the Southland Multicultural Festival on Saturday. Thousands of people packed out ILT Stadium Southland for the 13th annual event, which represented 33 nations. Southland Multicultural Trust president Neil Rumble said the even

The team at Malloch McClean are feeling pleased with themselves at the moment, as management has extended their 4.5 day working week until the end of March. The new initiative started at the beginning of December, and staff were only working until 12:30pm on Fridays in the lead up to Christmas, but

Clive Wilson Ltd pioneered powder coating in the South back in the late 1970s, and now the company has commissioned a new oven to replace the original. With a bigger, more efficient 6m x 2m oven means they can take on even more complex and larger projects for its many clients around the district. Pr

Southern steampunkers have been invited to help run the Steampunk New Zealand festival in Oamaru this Queen’s Birthday weekend. The Southern Society of Steampunk Steamologists recently held its annual Teapot Racing carnival in Queen’s Park, and it has proved so popular that Oamaru organisers want th

Single transferable vote (STV) or First Past the Post (FPP)?  The Invercargill public will soon get to decide how they want to vote at the next elections in 2025. Take our poll/survey http://bit.ly/3TVDSHv But the Invercargill City Council will be consulting on this pretty swiftly as they have to ma

Robbies Pickles has done it again – winning another Outstanding New Zealand Food Producer Gold award for the second year in a row. Josie Robinson is the owner of Robbies by Mrs Pickles in Gore, and as well as winning gold for her peach and ginger chutney, the company’s traditional pickled onions won

Updated: I spoke to the president of Ferrari Owners Club Of New Zealand Terry Dykes about his 2021 SF90 most powerful Ferrari built to-date. Watch the video below. Mike. Some of the fastest sports cars in New Zealand will be making their way south today as part of the Ferrari Owners Club Of New Zeal

Management at the Invercargill City Council admit there are too many health and safety incidents and near misses being reported, and a major overhaul of the system is underway. At yesterday’s Risk and Assurance Committee, councillors thrashed out the issues at length, which at times became heated, a