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A lot of people don’t know about Three Waters because it hasn’t been consulted on, says deputy Mayor Nobby Clark, who is going all out to help protect Invercargill ratepayers. That’s because the city has huge water assets, and he’s concerned the community will have to subsidise growth areas such as

Retired firefighters, existing firefighters, ambulance staff and children came out in force on Friday to support the Southern FENZ strike in Invercargill. Organiser Aaron Ramsey said he was humbled by the amount of support they received, and thankfully there were no incidents or callouts during the

Mike & About: Waverley Bowling Club. Today I’m chatting to Ross Weir, junior vice president of the Waverley Bowling Club Check out their awesome facility, available for private functions like work doos, meetings etc. For more information contact Ross ph/text: 027 221 7165

Ray Harper has one, Sir Tim Shadbolt has one and now Alan Dennis has his name on a stand in the ILT Stadium Southland. Reflecting on his surprise this week when stadium board members decided to name the ILT stand after him, Alan said being involved since its inception has been a real labour of […]

Almost 60 Invercargill career firefighters will be involved in nationwide strikes tomorrow morning between 11am and 12pm, for the first time in New Zealand history. FENZ Invercargill station manager Aaron Ramsey said this was unprecedented and a decision that has not been taken lightly. “We have tak

New Zealanders have said Stop Three Waters, with 68,661 submissions lodged at StopThreeWaters.nz by 65,091 unique users on the Government’s Water Services Entities Bill by midnight last Friday. Of those 8,634 people indicated they’d like to make an oral submission. Late Friday afternoon, staff from

The numbers of people using Splash Palace in Invercargill has gone down almost 200,000 over the past five years. A report to the Infrastructure Services Committee today showed that numbers have declined in 2021-22 to just 250,000, compared to 400,000+ pre Covid. The facility was closed through June

The new Ascot Park Racecourse Sunday Market in Invercargill starts this Sunday (31 July) at the racecourse in Racecourse Road, Invercargill. Organisers have attracted a range of stallholders with products ranging from kids clothes, wheat bags, baby items, soaps, sewing, printed mugs, Pounamu Necklac