Aimee Wilson

Another even bigger and better Murihiku Matariki Festival is underway in Queens Park this coming long weekend. Organised and funded by the Tūturu Trust for the past four years, the festival is an accumulation of ideas by local art workshop facilitator Sharne Parkinson. “This festival has been my bra

When 570 signatures were delivered to the Invercargill City Council on Thursday as part of a petition against Three Waters, a strong passionate crowd packed the lobby to back up their concerns. Deputy Mayor Nobby Clark was there to accept the petition on behalf of Groundswell and the Invercargill Ci

She’s known as Mrs Pickles but when you win an Outstanding New Zealand Food Producer award, it’s important everyone knows your real name. Josie Robinson and her husband Gus are the owners of Robbies Pickles in Gore, and the man who the business is named after is actually a former RAF pilot from WWII

Invercargill’s new museum rebuild has just got smaller as councillors try to trim back planned expenditure before the rates are set for the year on June 28. At the Performance, Policy and Partnerships committee yesterday, councillors voted 6-3 to opt for the smaller 3500sqm build rather than the 415

Forty five keen cyclists raised $42,000 for the annual Westpac Chopper Rescue Appeal in May, by biking from Invercargill to Queenstown. Southland has played its part in the annual appeal for the past 11 years, and so far already raised $753,000 from its yearly 245km bike ride. Spokesperson Reece McD

Southland’s Town Crier Lynley McKerrow is back, and she and her new husband have settled in Tuatapere where they recently opened an ice cream milkshake parlour. After 23 years in Invercargill, Lynley packed up and moved to the Waikato with Terry Hunt in 2020 – thinking a fresh start in the city wher

Invercargill Mayor Sir Tim Shadbolt is doing his damndest to put the city council’s Legacy Report to bed and move on.  But the Risk and Assurance Committee chair Bruce Robertson said today that it was important that the past 18 months of work done by the council was not “dropped and forgotten.” A re

The family of Luka Pascoe is overwhelmed at the amount of support received from businesses for this Saturday’s fundraising auction and quiz night. Luka (18 months) has been diagnosed with Neuroblastoma cancer and is currently in Christchurch undergoing treatment for the next 14 months. The fundraise