ILT proudly celebrated its annual ILT Excellence Awards last week, recognising the dedication and achievements of teams across its diverse portfolio of 23 businesses and 37 brands. The Supreme Award was presented to The Langlands, an accolade selected by ILT's executive team from among all category winners. This

Student art has arrived at the Civic Theatre — and it's free to see. Top Art, an annual touring exhibition of NCEA Level 3 Visual Arts portfolios, opened in the Wikitoria Room at Invercargill's Civic Theatre and runs until Wednesday August 5. The show features 27 physical

Some kids at Invercargill Middle School now wait to see if their favourite resident is available before they'll start reading. That's not a bad outcome for a literacy programme. Enliven Southland has launched a pilot initiative — Enliven Literacy with Legends — pairing Walmsley House care home residents

ILT brings back The Great Pub Cash Giveaway for 2026 with $13,000 up for grabs Following the strong response to previous years' promotions, ILT is delighted to announce the return of The Great Pub Cash Giveaway for 2026, featuring a total prize pool of $13,000. Locals will

If you're awake before dawn on Thursday, that low-flying aircraft circling Invercargill Airport isn't lost. It's doing a job. A specialised flight inspection aircraft — ZK-FIS, a twin-engine Piper PA-42 Cheyenne — arrives Wednesday July 29 and begins calibration flights from around 4am Thursday. It will

Hawthorndale Care Village has appointed a clinical leader with more than two decades of aged care experience to its board, as the Invercargill facility moves into what it describes as its next stage of development. Jill Smith joins as a trustee, bringing a background spanning aged residential care, hospice, community

If you've taken part in a Southland Triathlon and Multisport Club event over the past 17 years, you've likely crossed paths with Mary Marshall - one of the club's unsung heroes, who has spent years quietly helping hundreds of athletes enjoy race day. In

Police were called twice in June after staff at Invercargill City Council were subjected to abuse — the latest sign that anti-social behaviour towards council workers is getting worse, not better. The council's most recent health, safety and wellbeing report recorded 23 incidents involving verbal abuse and threatening behaviour