Invercargill MP Penny Simmonds launched her 2023 election campaign yesterday vowing to retain SIT and to allow it to make its own decision on whether to retain its highly successful zero fees regional initiative. Related: Te Pukenga Chief Executive Paid Out Almost $200,000 “Zero fees will go at the
A last minute 3 Waters Transition Programme report tabled at Council 12 hours before the meeting, prompted huge debate around whether to discuss it behind closed doors. A 6-5 split in favour of not keeping it confidential, prompted Invercargill City Council managers to warn they were potentially put
Mike & About: Look who I caught up with at the library, Sharne the organiser of Matariki at Queens Park. It’s a week this Friday, looking forward to parking the park. I chat to Sharne about the voluntary advance donation to help support the event and make it sustainable longterm. This year you can h
The Government needs to come clean about workforce shortages and staff and patient safety concerns at Southland’s mental health service, Invercargill MP Penny Simmonds says. “Te Whata Ora’s Southern Directorate Leadership Team has conducted a review into the impacts of workforce shortages, after loc
H & J Smith and Uniform Group are excited to announce their collaboration to launch a new specialist school uniform store at a prime location in Invercargill. This comes after the formal agreement to transfer H & J Smith’s school uniform division to Uniform Group. “Ensuring a seamless provision of h
A Makarewa-based charitable trust has received national recognition by Adult and Community Education Aotearoa (ACE). Jade Ward, of Reigning Downs Hauora Centre, has just been awarded ACE’s Top Educator Tangata Whenua 2023. The centre is the first of its kind, bringing education and equine experience
A must watch/listen. In episode #1999 of the Joe Rogan Experience, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an attorney, author, and 2024 presidential candidate, engaged in a wide-ranging discussion with host Joe Rogan. The conversation covered topics such as vaccines, the pharmaceutical industry, censorship, the ris
Who would’ve thought that potholes on our roads have connected people worldwide? Our clever whatsoninvers.nz founder Mike Sanford found this appropriate and somewhat humorous meme to highlight the poor state of our roads, while taking a drive on Sunday back in March. He posted it on the What’s On So
