Community

More than 200 people have had their say on the proposed extra investment in the City Block project, with 10 days left to make a submission. Invercargill City Council is currently consulting the community about whether it should invest an additional $16 million and repurpose $5 million originally all

Koha Kai is on the move and one step closer to becoming self-sustainable after a joint venture with the Ministry of Education. Next week the multi award-winning charitable trust will be setting up its commercial kitchen Koha Kai Ltd at Elmwood Gardens. Founder Janice Lee said the joint venture was p

Community Trust South – Response to Covid-19 It is acknowledged that these are extraordinary times and while the impact of Covid-19 on our communities is still evolving, we already know that it will be significant. “We have been heartened to see communities pull together and support each other to be

New life is being breathed into the old Waikiwi Primary School site more than 16 years after it closed. Construction of the brand new Southland Adventist Christian School started before Christmas last year, and was well on track to be completed by the end of 2020. The Bainfield Adventist Charitable

Almost a month after they lost their mother during Level 4 lockdown, Jodi and Mike Conway still want answers, after feeling let down by the health system. They believe no strategies were put in place for non Covid-19 palliative care scenarios in the hospital, or other traumatic events. When Covid hi

Concept plans for the Southland Charity Hospital have been released, on the same day as the late Blair Vining’s 40th birthday. Managed by Boyd Wilson and the team at Bonisch Consultants, the concept plans for the Southland Charity Hospital were an incredible way for the family to honour Blair on his

The Invercargill Licensing Trust is facing the prospect of staff restructuring – a decision chief executive Chris Ramsay has called “heartbreaking.” We are facing the prospect of staff restructuring and have initiated a consultation period. No decisions have been made. “It has come with a lot of ang

SBS Bank has increased its partnership support with the Southland Loss and Grief Centre as it looks to make a difference in Southland. SBS Bank chief executive Shaun Drylie said the bank first became involved in 2018, and last year provided funding for a new support worker for elderly care services