Aimee Wilson

Deputy Mayor Nobby Clark gave the rates issue one last push in council today, before the ICC finally adopted the Annual Plan 2022-23. He had numerous questions to ask regarding council expenditure including staff remuneration and employee costs, which was backed by fellow councillor Ian Pottinger. T

Deputy Mayor Nobby Clark has gained the support he needs from four other councillors to file another Notice of Motion pushing for council to join the ‘Communities 4 Local Democracy’ breakaway group. The group is in opposition to the proposed 3 Waters reform and already made up of 31 other councils a

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