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Join Invercargill City Mayor Nobby Clark for a special Christmas edition of 90 Seconds+. In this festive recap, the mayor reflects on a challenging but rewarding year, including: Updates on the museum project and city developments 🏛️ Progress on Bluff’s wastewater management 💧 Roadworks frustrations and the council's response

As a local democracy reporter in the South and in Central Otago, and thanks to the beauty of advanced technology, I watch a lot of meetings online - Invercargill City, Central Otago district and Otago Regional councils.  I’m a born and bred Southlander and I often say to people

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 new owners have now been in the store for three years and

We have put together a mix of our locals clients who have you covered for gifts and presents. From JB HI-Fi to children's toys and education at Young reflections, Wrens for giftware, homewares and furniture and are Resene paint stockist. Petsmart.NZ for all your fresh petfood and

My vision is that Destination Bluff needs to be a tourism and aquaculture centre for this part of the country, somewhere where tourists want to stay for days. The businesses developing at Ocean Beach include growing paua, whitebait, kelp and seaweed, with a salmon farm to come later. There is

It’s been a great year for Mandy Jordan from The Mortgage Supply Co - with the team clocking over 100 contracts in 2024 and the years not over. Business has been strong because Southlanders are “amazing and resilient” and know that home ownership is a long term game, she

Opinion: Aquaculture has the potential to transform Southland’s economy, and I am a keen advocate of this new and exciting sector. It’s important for this province’s economic future that we boost export industries and create new jobs, and aquaculture has the potential to achieve this. In the

It was cake and team building day for Awarua Synergy this week as it celebrated 20 years in business. Led by Sumaria Beaton-Sikisini - a Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year recipient in 2023, the healthy homes advocate still loves sharing her knowledge with the wider Southland community. Just recently