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Southland's new museum wants a café operator who can tell the region's food story. The Museum of Southland is calling for expressions of interest to run its 267-square-metre café, which will overlook Queens Park when the museum opens in 2027. Museum director Eloise Wallace said the

The Civic Theatre is turning 120. The Invercargill theatre opened on November 14, 1906, when Governor Lord Plunket and Prime Minister Sir Joseph Ward cut the ribbon on what was then called the Invercargill Town Hall and Theatre. Invercargill City Council manager venues and events Ryan Sycamore said the Civic

Simon Thompson has won the top prize at the country music awards that matter. The Senior MLT NZ Gold Guitar Award went to Thompson over King's Birthday Weekend, along with $5,000 cash, a fully produced single, and a trip to the 2027 Tamworth Country Music Festival in

Repertory Invercargill is turning 90 with a love story about parallel universes. Constellations, running June 10-13, follows a physicist and a beekeeper through the many possible paths their relationship could take. The play blends science, humour, heartbreak and the theory that every small choice changes everything. Director Aimee Marshall, whose

Classic Kiwi songs will stay in copyright for longer under changes to protect artists from losing control of their work. The Government will extend copyright protection for music recordings from 50 years to 70 years after publication. Other works get protection for 70 years after the creator's death.

Shoppers at Invercargill Central Mall were treated to a scene straight out of the roaring twenties on Saturday morning, as glamorous Gatsby showgirls, gangsters, and a stunning 1925 Chrysler transformed the mall into a theatrical slice of vintage spectacle. The unique promotional photoshoot was created to build excitement for Alzheimer’

Lloyd Esler has spent 25 years digging through Southland's graveyards and emerged with 150 stories of murder, mishap and the occasional elephant. The historian and former Invercargill city councillor has turned his cemetery tours and 1200 newspaper columns into Dead and Buried in Southland — a collection that reads

Riverton Aparima Gears Up for its inaugural Riverton Retro Revival This King's Birthday Weekend, the seaside village of Riverton will burst into colour, creativity, and nostalgia as the very first Riverton Retro Revival rolls into town on Sunday 31 May and Monday 1 June. At the heart of