Community

One hundred people throughout Southland will enjoy a brighter Christmas this year, as Christmas boxes packed full of gifts will be packed at City Impact Church Invercargill today (Saturday 25th) to be delivered to them in early December. The outreach, which has occurred annually at City Impact Churc

Council is urging dog owners to be vigilant and consider keeping their dogs on-lead after strange objects containing meat and onions were found today at Sandy Point. A member of the public took their dog to the veterinarian after it ate meat found at the Pitt Road carpark at Sandy Point. Park Assets

The Invercargill City Council water pumping station in Myers Street, Waikiwi is slowly returning to normal operations today following efforts from staff and contractors overnight. City Council Water Manager Alister Murray said that while the Waikiwi pump station was still in recovery mode, some of t

South Invercargill Urban Rejuvenation Charitable Trust (South Alive) have taken top honours at Invercargill/Southland’s biggest annual celebration of volunteers, the Trustpower Community Awards. Voluntary groups from around the region gathered with representatives from Trustpower, the Invercargill C

Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) students studying the New Zealand Certificate in Cookery (Level 4), had a great time creating and decorating original gingerbread houses as part of their course work. Once finished and revealed, they decided to donate their work to various charities and organis

Do you love cycling and want to share your passion and knowledge with others? Cycling Southland, Sport Southland and Road Safety Southland are inviting people to sign up for Ride Leader workshops being run by Cycling New Zealand in Invercargill later this month. Cycling Southland general manager Mar

What better way to wind up winter than spending a few weeks in India? For Invers man Mac Lindsay, this is no pleasure cruise. The 61 year old is heading to India to spend a few weeks doing missionary work in the bustling city of Kolkata. For those of us not familiar with the geography […]

The countdown to E Hayes huge Charity Auction benefiting Hospice Southland this Saturday 26th August, when 31 category items will go under the hammer of auctioneer Sean Bellew. Download the auction catalogue (PDF) Auction 31 exciting auction categories, over $50,000 worth of generously donated items