Aimee Wilson
The majority of Invercargill City councillors are not happy with the current Three Waters reforms, but only half would support joining a ‘breakaway’ reform group. At today’s Infrastructural Services Committee meeting, the two votes of difference that lost the motion went to mana whenua representativ
Invercargill Musical Theatre are counting down the days until the SBS Bank Season of ‘We Will Rock You’ hits the stage on Friday July 8th. Best described as what ‘Mamma Mia’ is to ABBA, ‘We Will Rock You’ is to Queen, the cast includes Ashleigh Reid, Ben Hayward (Dunedin), Michelle Lange, Ruth McSor
The people being shoulder tapped by Deputy Mayor Nobby Clark to put forward their name for council as part of a ‘ticket,’ are all relatively well known in the Invercargill community. Nobby confirmed those he had approached were all leaders in their own right, whether it be on the sports field, in th
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