The honour of naming ILT’s new hotel will be given to someone in the community. With site preparation now underway, the focus has turned to selecting a moniker for the extensive inner-city development. ILT chief executive Chris Ramsay said public input was being sought with all sectors of the commun

An Invercargill garage is in trouble over warrants of fitness affecting more than 3500 vehicle owners. The Transport Agency has revoked the inspecting authority of mechanic Donald McLean, and of his garage The WOF Man Limited. “Mr McLean has a history of compliance issues and upheld customer complai

Southland District Mayor Gary Tong says he has no concerns about his relationship with the Chao Shan Association of New Zealand. The group’s chair, Yikun Zhang, has been under media scrutiny following allegations by former National MP Jami-Lee Ross about a $100,000 donation to the National Party. Th

The operating performance for the half year was strong with total revenue increasing by 7.4% to $20.90 million. However increased repairs and maintenance, including the scheduled five yearly dry docking of the tug Hauroko ($838K expenditure) led to a reduction of 7.1% in net profit after tax. South

Today Invercargill can boast one of the tallest street art murals in New Zealand. Internationally acclaimed artist Danny (Deow) Owen is the creative behind the 33m high masterpiece, with the Invercargill Licensing Trust initially providing the blank canvas on the south wall of the Kelvin Hotel. Retu

Invercargill’s newest restaurant promising ‘Simply authentic Vietnamese cuisine’ opened in its Spey St location late last year. Centrally located in the heart of the CBD, Viet Kitchen was established by friends Lucy, Chi and Annie Nguyen and Thanh Vo, who all felt the city needed a hint of Vietnames

Travelling to and from Southland is set to become significantly more straight-forward with one of New Zealand’s largest air carriers on board to connect people between Invercargill and Auckland. Air New Zealand has today confirmed that it will be carrying out a commercial trial of direct flights bet

The Southern Institute of Technology Council approved the purchase of St Johns church, hall and grounds from the Anglican Diocese at its meeting on Monday night. SIT intends that the church will become part of a larger Creative Centre between Tay and Esk streets that is likely to cost up to $14 – $1