Aimee Wilson

Supporting local is the best Christmas gift you can give businesses this December. Windsor Stationery and Gifts is one example of this with the family owned and operated business having been part of the city since 1977. The new owners have now been in the store for three years and

The Invercargill City Council will consult its ratepayers on two options under the new Local Water Done Well proposal on future water future services. While other Southern councils are looking at banding together under a joint Council Controlled Organisation (CCO), Invercargill was still considering a stand alone option, which it

The decision on the future of the Bluff wastewater treatment plant has been one of the hardest that the council has had to make, Mayor Nobby Clark said. At its extraordinary meeting today, council agreed to apply for a new short-term consent to continue operating the existing plant under the

Two Southland marching teams cleaned up at the South Island championships at the weekend, The Hokonui u18s defending their titles for the third year in a row. Hokonui u13 and Hokonui u18 teams were part of a six-strong Southland contingent attending the champs in Christchurch. Marching Southland publicity and promotions

Future land use of the 37ha of Donovan Park farm proposed for sale won’t go out for public consultation until after the Invercargill City Council has signed off its Reserve Management Plan 2024. The council agreed yesterday in its Community Wellbeing and Regulatory Committee to push on with the

A group of Southern women masters rowers took their skills overseas in November to tackle the Head of the Yarra race in Melbourne. Jacqui van Dam, Cecilia Russell, Katrina Allan, and Virginia Sweney teamed up with their original coxswain Paula Burke from back in high school, to enter their first

It’s been a great year for Mandy Jordan from The Mortgage Supply Co - with the team clocking over 100 contracts in 2024 and the years not over. Business has been strong because Southlanders are “amazing and resilient” and know that home ownership is a long term game, she

There were fancy cars, flags flying, buggies, marching girls, medieval sword fighters and the Invercargill Mayor dressed as the ‘Cat in the Hat,’ but with elephant pants. Related: Discover the Magic: Your Guide to the 2024 Christmas Lights Captain Sparrow was there and a man inside a sputnik, along with