Aimee Wilson

There will be only three colours on people’s radar this Friday – red, black and white – and it’s all for Buy A Brick Day. The team behind the Southland Charity Hospital has been overwhelmed by the community support for the cause, not just in the South but from all over the country. Videos have […]

Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters was in Bluff today announcing an $8 million loan from the Provincial Growth Fund for a new salmon hatchery for Sanford Limited. The Recirculating Aquaculture System (RAS) hatchery will be built in the Bluff area.  It will be designed to produce six million Chinoo

SBS Bank has used the economic challenges since Covid-19 to sharpen up business and concentrate on what is working well within its banking sector. Following its AGM in Invercargill earlier this week, chief executive Shaun Drylie said in reacting to the Covid situation they worked out that, “if you d

Sanford is looking to test the waters with open sea salmon fishing for the first time. The company has lodged a consent with Environment Southland to create five small open ocean farms – 28km from Bluff near Ruapuke, at the South end of Foveaux Strait. This was a brand new area for Sanford, after ca

Arts and heritage is back near the top of the Invercargill City Council’s agenda, after councillors agreed to back deputy Mayor Toni Biddle’s motion to fast track Southland Museum plans. Although the focus may now be on re-opening the museum rather than a major redevelopment, Toni said she was just

There was no reason for families to have nothing to do in Invercargill over the weekend, with ‘Love Local’ at Stadium Southland one of the new events drawing the crowds. The Stadium was filled with 86 stall holders and live music – including deputy Mayor Toni Biddle singing and playing guitar, and f

Just over a week since launching the ‘Buy a Brick’ campaign, the Southland Charity Hospital has managed to raise in excess of $129,000. “We’ve been absolutely blown away by the response we have had to our ‘Buy a Brick’ campaign – it’s a testament not only to Blair and Melissa Vining, who were the dr

Kids will be taking over Esk Street this weekend with games and activities all day long. The ‘Kids in the City’ initiative is a collaboration between ILT Kidzone, the Invercargill City Council, along with Great South, What’s On Invers, Sport Southland, Healthy Families Invercargill and Invercargill