Community

A report to the Invercargill City Council in April will look at options for making Wachner Place a more usable space, as well as considering other alternatives. Council has confirmed its vision for the 2024 – 2034 Long-term Plan, ‘Our City with Heart,’ and held its first workshop, live streamed to t

ILT plans to reward its team members for pulling together through a busy and challenging trading period. ILT President Paddy O’Brien said this is a genuine thank you to all the team for their hard work, particularly when staff levels were constrained due to the challenges created by the current empl

Over the weekend, the Esk-plore your city streetfest took place on Esk Street, and it was a huge success. Over 40 community groups were involved in the event, and it was estimated 3,500 people attended over the day, Karen Witham, the Great South Conference and Events Manager, expressed her satisfact

Bluff’s monthly Thieves Alley Market is on again this Saturday – 25 February. The unique market takes place from 10am until 2pm in the alley next to The Eagle Pub & Hotel at 134 Gore Street. Featuring a wide range of unique and exciting stalls each month the market will also include live music and [

Invercargill’s new Streetscapes project is in the final stages, with just eight weeks left to complete the $20.8 million City Centre upgrade. Council’s Manager – Strategic Asset Planning, Russell Pearson, said in a report to the Finance and Projects Committee, the project team has continued to close

Detective Senior Sergeant Greg Baird has appealed for witnesses to come forward following a suspicious fire in Church St, Gore in the early hours of 15 February. Southland Police and Fire investigators have conducted a scene examination, but they are appealing to the public for any information that

Directors of Invercargill’s new major housing development Te Puawai have been frustrated by the hold up, but are still committed to the project. Although the earthworks consent has already been granted and work completed for that, the design has still not been finalised, and therefore no resource or

A brand-new ambulance was recently added to the St John Patient Transfer Service (PTS) ambulance fleet in Invercargill, designed to provide high volume daily scheduled service between Invercargill and Dunedin. Funded by St John, the new vehicle is the first of St John’s new long liner PTS ambulances