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The demolition crew from Ryal Bush Transport making swift work of clearing the former Salvation Army Building on the Tay / Conon St corner. The site is being cleared to make room for more car parking for Pak n Save. Photo: whatsoninvers.nz Photo: whatsoninvers.nz

Experienced project manager Janette Malcolm has been appointed as facilitator of the feasibility study into a new inner-city art gallery in Invercargill. Photo: whatsoninvers.nz Last week it was announced the Invercargill City Council had agreed to fund $50,000 towards the feasibility study. Malcolm

What’s hoped to be the first of many containers of Southland made pastry products has just started its journey to China. The container left Invers based Quality Foods Southland Ltd earlier today bound for Shanghai. whatsoninvers.nz Locked and loaded, China bound, the container with Southland made bu

National MP for Invercargill Sarah Dowie has congratulated providers who have dedicated funding to provide emergency housing places in the South. “Today’s announcement will make a huge difference to the lives of vulnerable New Zealanders in extreme housing need in our region,” Sarah Dowie said. The

Respected outdoors advocate Robin McNeill has been appointed to the board of the New Zealand Walking Access Commission. He served for ten and a half years on the Southland Conservation Board, and has worked closely with NZWAC as a member of the technical advisory committee for the Walking Access Map

A tourism product considered common place in cities worldwide is about to be launched in Invercargill for the coming summer season. An Invercargill cycle service and retailer is to host and guide visitors on cycle tours of the greenways and gardens of the central city. Cycle Surgery’s Glen Thomson a

This from RNZ News A Chinese firm’s application to purchase a 50 percent stake in Silver Fern Farms has been approved by the Overseas Investment Office. Silver Fern Farms CEO Dean Hamilton and board chair Rob Hewett at a special shareholders’ meeting in August. Photo: RNZ / Ian Telfer The major meat

Food Truck Friday is coming to Invercargill with a fleet of food trucks and stalls set to operate out of Wachner Place from this Friday between 10am and 4pm. The idea was the brainchild of Council’s City-Centre Co-ordinator Kari Graber, who said it would turn Wachner Place into a hub for food trucks