Aimee Wilson

Invercargill will soon be one of the safest places to live in New Zealand, with council approving a more advanced CCTV system worth $1 million. The Infrastructure Committee has agreed with the CCTV Working Group in conjunction with Safer Communities to install 133 cameras at locations including, in

Waiting 18 months for council to sort the glass contamination problem in Invercargill’s recycling is not good enough, according to city councillor Ian Pottinger. Take our survey/poll http://bit.ly/42RS1tC The council was given an update on the Long Term Community Plan (LTTP) for community wellbeing,

The Gore soap opera district council saga continues this week with councillor Brett Highsted resigning, the Mayor and CEO still not talking, and the deputy left to keep everything together. Deputy Mayor Keith Hovell said this morning, he was still digesting Monday afternoon’s news about his colleagu

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