Aimee Wilson

The Great Little Train Show will be celebrating 40 years this Labour weekend. Starting back in 1985 by the Southland Society of Model Engineers Inc, the club has been going a lot longer than that - forming before WW2 in 1937 and recommencing for those members who returned. President Greg

Invercargill firefighters will join others around the country by walking off the job on Friday October 17. Members of the New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union (NZPFU) will be stopping work for one hour, from 12pm to 1pm.  - for the second time in three years. In August, (NZPFU) started nationwide

More than 240 recipes from around the Southland community have been transformed into a cookbook, thanks to Waihopai Primary School. Mum Latoya Treymane was part of the Friends of Waihopai group, that was fundraising for a new school playground. "This book brings together the favourite dishes of families from

Chris Romero Building Ltd is transforming the lower end of Nelson Street with a multi-home development, designed to fill a much needed gap in Invercargill’s affordable housing market. Led by builder Chris Romero, the project has turned an old, overgrown section into a vibrant new neighbourhood.  As Chris explains,

Invercargill’s new Mayor Tom Campbell was not sure whether the time was quite right to open his new bottle of whisky on Saturday night. With preliminary votes showing he held the lead against Alex Crackett by almost 2000, there was an organised party to attend, and his wedding anniversary

The ILT is starting to feel the pinch of the cost of living crisis, but hasn’t given up throwing big parties in the CBD. There’s some great events underway in downtown Invercargill, with ‘throwback’ parties at some of its inner city bars.  ILT held its monthly meeting on

Retrobowl Invercargill is all geared up for the school holidays with its new modernised entertainment centre. Owner Angela Caughey purchased the business in May 2024 and spent three weeks in May 2025 refurbishing the complex with new bowling machines and scoring systems from the USA. The 12-lane bowling alley was

I will miss Mayor Nobby Clark's dry wit. The last of four valedictory speeches in Invercargill City Council chambers on Tuesday afternoon, there was waiata following outgoing councillors' Evelyn Cook and Lesley Soper's speeches, and councillor Peter Kett spoke at length (40 mins) about everything