Aimee Wilson

Radio Southland celebrates 30 years on air in 2022, and station manager Darren Ludlow reflects on how things have changed in that time. When news went digital I think many people in the media thought radio might disappear, but in fact quite the opposite has happened – thanks to podcasts and internet

When Christopher Luxon came to town on Saturday, whatsoninvers.nz founder Mike Sanford asked him some questions about the worker crisis, tax, inflation and mandates. After a tour of the Invercargill Central city centre redevelopment, and the Seriously Good Chocolate Factory where he tried his hand a

Southland’s famous graffiti street artist Deow has just finished repainting the massive Cromwell Big Fruit sculpture, and also has a new daughter. It has been a busy few weeks for Danny Owen who had to work sleep-deprived over some of the past seven days, up to 17m high in places, to reach the top l

Autoplex will have plenty to celebrate this Easter with the business’ 30th birthday celebrations. Arguably one of the biggest Warrant of Fitness specialists in the region, the iconic Southland brand stands by its original values, and the owner has the same dream and vision as when it first opened.

Deputy Mayor Nobby Clark is not one to usually change his mind – but life is full of surprises. Come Friday, he won’t be signing off the job next to Sir Tim Shadbolt as planned, but carrying on life as usual. The Mayor was about to lose his fourth deputy in five years, but somehow […]

The Invercargill Licensing Trust’s restaurants and bar sales are down 23.3% and 30.7% respectively in the past month, compared to the same period in 2021. Chief executive Chris Ramsay said, in a report the board, that there was still a fear in the community of avoiding restaurants and bars to be saf

Malloch McClean has won the New Zealand Large Accounting Partner of the Year award for the second time in four years. Given this year’s awards were presented online, the Invercargill and Tasman offices took the opportunity to get their teams together to watch the awards live, and chief executive Joh

Fashion designer Jane Sutherland has finally opened her workshop and studio to the public in Kingston after 18 years in business.  Established in 2004, her label started with jewellery and eventually became her inroad into the fashion industry, where she has been making a name for herself using fabr