Aimee Wilson

Larry Kwon has brought Korea to Invercargill with his elevator-themed photo booths in Invercargill Central. The idea began rather serendipitously as one of his wife’s closest friends visited them with her husband after a family trip around New Zealand.  It turned out he was the founder of BYTP -

As we look back on another year of What’s On Invers, let’s reflect on some of our news stories that made the headlines. Flicking back through my notebook (nowadays it’s Notebook LM - yes we’ve embraced AI as our ‘assistant.’  With this latest technology if you

Invercargill career firefighters are not giving up on better working conditions for staff, with a 7th strike set down for Boxing Day. Station officer Aaron Ramsay, also the union representative in the south, said a meeting held on Tuesday December 23rd will confirm if it’s going ahead or not,

Supporting local is the best Christmas gift you can give businesses this December. Windsor Stationery and Gifts is one example of this with the family owned and operated business having been part of the city since 1977. The owners have now been in the store for four years and have

Invercargill’s Salvation Army has been overwhelmed with hundreds of new toys thanks to Southern Grilles and Gasoline annual Santa Cruz sponsored by Burgerfuel. Now in its 6th year, the car enthusiast group had 67 classics involved in the Christmas initiative, with drivers cruising the city last Friday to collect

Several old macrocarpa trees on two arterial roads in Invercargill will probably be chopped down after the recent storm highlighted their risk to human life. The inaugural meeting of the new Infrastructure and Growth Committee decided today that the trees on the corner of Elles Road and Tay Street, and

The Te Puawai housing development for South Invercargill has stalled and resource consent still not approved, almost four years after it started. The 70ha site on the corner of Tramway and Rockdale Road has been designed for up to 700 new homes, with the intention of giving first time buyers

Following the recent local elections, the Invercargill Licensing Trust board is preparing for its scheduled strategic planning session in January.   As part of changes made after Covid, ILT now reviews its strategic direction every three years,  aligning this work with the triennial elections.  Chief executive Chris Ramsay said the regular