Kids & Family

Southlanders big and small are invited to get hands-on with the creatures that live in our waterways at the Mataura Community Centre on Wednesday 1 August. ‘Aquavan: discovering our coastal connections’ is a community event being run by the NZ Marine Studies Centre and Environment Southland in the M

Tasty, gourmet cooking isn’t just for grown-ups and doesn’t need to be complicated, with two Invercargill children proving their cooking smarts. Brother and sister duo Charlie, 12 and Eden Selman, 14, are on a mission to show Southland families that playing around with food in the kitchen – specific

Hundreds of families filed into Invercargill’s James Hargest College campus today for the first day of the annual ILT KidZone. The festival, in its 14th year, will see thousands flock through the gates over six days to participate in over 150 activities. Video of offical opening of ILT Kidzone Festi

It’s been a longtime coming but John Smart Co Owner of Flip ‘N’ Fun trampoline park feeling excited that today they flicked the countdown timer with twenty days till the park opens. (planned opening day is 30th July going by the countdown timer on flipnfun.co.nz)     The access platforms are under c

A kaupapa Maori physical activity and nutrition approach is being brought to Southland for the first time. He Pi Ka Rere is about providing children with the skills and awareness to develop a positive, lifelong relationship with movement and nutrition. It is based on traditional techniques used by a

If you have ever thought about giving sumo wrestling a go or learning the basics of Jamaican dance, then make sure you head along to the 2018 ILT Kidzone Festival. The 14 th annual festival, being held at James Hargest College senior campus from 11-16 July, has a number of new and exciting activitie

Invercargill’s famous living dinosaurs are getting ready to welcome crowds to the 2018 ILT Kidzone Festival. In a first for ILT Kidzone, a room will be set up at the festival for the tuatara from 11-16 July, 2018. Venture Southland’s ILT Kidzone Festival Director Claire Blau said the confirmed tuata

The Invercargill City Council is already gearing up for next month’s Matariki celebrations and has invited Southland children to help with the preparations. For the second year the city will celebrate its Matariki Festival to bring in the Māori New Year and the rise of the Matariki star cluster Shar