Aimee Wilson

Health funding of $78.9 million is heading south after the Budget 2020 announcement. Over four years this will provide the Southern District Health Board with an extra $315.5 million to meet the needs of residents in the DHB catchment – which includes Invercargill, Fiordland, Queenstown Lakes, Centr

“Grief is something that we cannot play with, and the Government is doing just that,” funeral director Sharron Hanley said, in response to further Level 2 restrictions. The Funeral Directors Association yesterday condemned the Level 2 announcement allowing only 10 people to say goodbye to loved ones

Big plans to expand the Sanford salmon farm in Stewart Island are underway, with the arrival of a new feed barge in October. General manager of Aquaculture Ted Culley said the barge would be accompanied by eight new pens – to cater for Stage One of the expansion plans in Big Glory Bay. The barge […]

We’re one step closer to Level 2, but it will take businesses time to work out how these new restrictions will impact them and their customers. In the hospitality industry, restaurants could host up to 100 people, but the logistics of how that would work with social distancing was not yet clear. The

Invercargill businesses are itching to have their doors properly open again, but have been happy with the support from their loyal customers. There has been no break for Petsmart.nz owner Graeme Lewis who has been filling online orders since lockdown, but even so, his business is 75% down on normal,

It’s almost a case of deja-vu for Wrens Decorating – having to close its doors temporarily for the second time in 10 years. Now back operating under level 3, owners Dean and Shelley Todd have been reflecting on the lessons of Covid-19 and the big snow dump in 2010. “What we have learnt is that […]

For adult store CocoBella, Covid-19 has given owner Tracey Stenhouse a chance for a fresh new look. A week before lockdown a massive wind storm ripped the front signage off the building, but unfortunately the ‘big lady on top’ wasn’t harmed. Having been subject to public criticism for her taste in s

A famous song from 1961 by The Tokens has made Invercargill’s WellSouth team YouTube stars. Making a Covid-19 dance video out of ‘The Lion Sleeps Tonight’ – the community-based assessment centre (CBAC) has proven you can still move in the restrictive PPE gear. Lyrics were written by Helen Ramsay and