Aimee Wilson

Young Reflections owner Joy Brown is celebrating 30 years in business this week, and there will be plenty of instore giveaways for customers. Reflecting on her time in business, she said it was lovely that the parents who she sold to when she first started, now have their children coming in to buy,

Linzi Turner is ready for some interesting feedback now that her book “Are our superfoods silently killing us?” has been published. But she’s totally expecting people to question the book and the medical reports when they read about how some superfoods and low GI foods are toxins. “People become qui

Invercargill City Councillor Rebecca Amundsen has pulled out of the Mayoralty race following two bad results in the ‘What’s on Invers’ polls asking the public who they were likely to vote for. The first poll on August 1 asked people who they wanted as Mayor, and Amundsen came in last. This was follo

The numbers of people using Splash Palace in Invercargill has gone down almost 200,000 over the past five years. A report to the Infrastructure Services Committee today showed that numbers have declined in 2021-22 to just 250,000, compared to 400,000+ pre Covid. The facility was closed through June

The Invercargill ‘mayoralty fund’ may have been slipping away for Sir Tim Shadbolt, but councillors were still happy to pay for his additional expenditure at the recent LGNZ conference.  His Worship’s recent $500 overspend for a rental car and accommodation in Wellington/Palmerston North made nation

Animal welfare advocate Amy Greig, with support from Rachel Hucklebridge, have spent four months building up a new Southland Paws Rescue charity. Born out of a yearning to help and support vulnerable animals, Amy and Rachel along with 30 keen, experienced volunteers, endeavour to rescue and rehome e

Groundswell’s protest against Three Waters at the LGNZ annual conference in Palmerston North didn’t make news headlines last week. Mandeville-based representative Logan Evans flew to the North Island to front the protest, and was joined by Voices For Freedom members, waiting for Local Government New

James Hargest College band The Terrace has made it through to the semi-finals of the Smokefreerockquest for the first time. Made up of band members Ailin Pekar (lead singer and rhythm guitarist), Blake Humphrey (lead guitar), Jackson Jones (bass guitar), and Aiden Hosie on drums, the group released