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The annual food offerings at the Bluff Oyster & Food Festival always cater for a wide variety of tastes and so too will the musical entertainment when this year’s Festival takes place in Bluff on Saturday 25 May. Four bands will perform on the outdoor stage throughout the afternoon following the tra

It’s Immunisation Week and Southern District Health Board is encouraging everyone to ensure their whole family is up to date with immunisations. “The theme of Immunisation week this year is ‘Protected Together, #immunise’ and this highlights that high immunisation coverage protects those who are too

A mum and dad took their children Easter Egg shopping, letting the kids choose what eggs they liked. Is this helicopter parenting gone mad? In fact, the children were choosing Easter treats not for themselves but for children in Invercargill who may not get any – this is parenting to stimulate empat

Bluff dog owners can now enjoy exercising their pet off-lead at Ocean Beach Reserve. As a result of changes to the Invercargill City Council Dog Control Bylaw, Ocean Beach reserve has been designated as an area where dogs can be off-lead, but still must be under their owner’s voice control. Council

This afternoon, the Stand Up For SIT campaign lodged more than 700 submissions on the Reform of Vocational Education. The Reform of Vocational Education is a series of proposals to overhaul the vocational education sector and how that education is delivered. It proposes to merge New Zealand’s 16 Ins

Opinion: Like hundreds of other concerned Southlanders, I went to the event last Friday at SIT’s Hansen Hall. I listened to Hon Chris Hipkins explain what he was planning for the the vocational training sector and why. I found his plan and his reasoning very unconvincing. The issue that the minister

In the week since Stand Up For SIT was launched, we have seen phenomenal support for the Southern Institute of Technology (SIT). Southland turned out in droves to meet Education Minister Chris Hipkins at the public meeting last week and I am so grateful and humbled by the people who have chosen to w

Invercargill City CouncilInvercargill City Council Focussing on health and wellbeing, environment, conservation, animals, fitness, fun, and learning, each event will offer something a little bit different, but all promise to be awesome. Many Invercargill community groups and organisations have also