Aimee Wilson

They say Southerners really know how to party, but a local father has taken it one step further and introduced the ultimate taxi. Truck driver Steve Acker first set up his party bus last year as a one-off fundraiser for his daughter’s ‘Empire Aerobics’ team, to attend the World

Invercargill now has its very own computer gaming lounge thanks to Ray Luck. Many people know Ray as the ‘EB Games guy’ but the 29-year-old has decided to step out of the retail scene after many years, and start his own business Orion PCs. Offering people of all ages- and

Southland businesses are rallying together to help farmers after one of the worst Spring seasons that many can remember. Farms had been severely hit by persistent rain and dairy farmers in particular had taken a real hit with their milk production. There has also been an exponential loss of stock,

Continuing to support the Dunedin Hospital rebuild and then lobbying for regional facilities still made sense to Invercargill Mayor Nobby Clark. Invercargill, Queenstown and Dunstan hospitals all needed expansion, in the south they were 40 to 60 beds short, there were only 17 to accommodate Queenstown and a further 24

Invercargill entrepreneur Latoya Treymane has brought The Smile Studio to Invercargill, and is hoping more people will take advantage of the new teeth whitening business in city. Teeth whitening is something Latoya and her sister Chloe discovered through their own personal experiences, and they both say it’s been an

Bluff’s Wastewater Treatment Plan project has missed out being fast tracked by the Government, but the Infrastructure and Projects committee has made a decision on the preferred scheme. At Tuesday’s meeting, the Technical Working Group’s recommendation of the status quo treatment with a new naturalistic wetland was

Waiau Area School students have been involved in a new business project using their own hens to produce eggs, which they supply to the Food in Schools kitchen. The eight hyline layers were purchased from breeder Bailey Sanford of Hens at Clifden, who has been impressed with their new initiative.

There will be Christmas decorations and secret Santa stocking fillers at this weekend’s Crafters At Latitude 46 market. Everything crafty is celebrated at the event, which has been held twice a year in Invercargill for the past decade. Committee member Wendy Butler said they offered two quite distinct markets