Aimee Wilson

The first Invercargill City Council meeting of the triennium kicked off with Mayor Tom Campbell reflecting on last week’s devastating storm. Mayor Campbell said every council meeting would have a reflection, either from a councillor, himself, or in some cases a member of the public. He said they owed

Off-duty firefighters supporting the Save Our Services rally in Invercargill last Thursday had to abandon the event to attend 106 callouts across the city after the storm. Invercargill station officer and union representative Aaron Ramsey had just given a speech when his phone started to go off. The New Zealand

The Great Little Train Show will be celebrating 40 years this Labour weekend. Starting back in 1985 by the Southland Society of Model Engineers Inc, the club has been going a lot longer than that - forming before WW2 in 1937 and recommencing for those members who returned. President Greg

Invercargill firefighters will join others around the country by walking off the job on Friday October 17. Members of the New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union (NZPFU) will be stopping work for one hour, from 12pm to 1pm.  - for the second time in three years. In August, (NZPFU) started nationwide

More than 240 recipes from around the Southland community have been transformed into a cookbook, thanks to Waihopai Primary School. Mum Latoya Treymane was part of the Friends of Waihopai group, that was fundraising for a new school playground. "This book brings together the favourite dishes of families from

Chris Romero Building Ltd is transforming the lower end of Nelson Street with a multi-home development, designed to fill a much needed gap in Invercargill’s affordable housing market. Led by builder Chris Romero, the project has turned an old, overgrown section into a vibrant new neighbourhood.  As Chris explains,

Invercargill’s new Mayor Tom Campbell was not sure whether the time was quite right to open his new bottle of whisky on Saturday night. With preliminary votes showing he held the lead against Alex Crackett by almost 2000, there was an organised party to attend, and his wedding anniversary

The ILT is starting to feel the pinch of the cost of living crisis, but hasn’t given up throwing big parties in the CBD. There’s some great events underway in downtown Invercargill, with ‘throwback’ parties at some of its inner city bars.  ILT held its monthly meeting on