Kids & Family

The Invercargill Model Train Show 2020 is on this weekend with open days on Saturday and Sunday. Organised by the Marklin Club Southland, the show will feature 18 different train layouts at the Badminton Hall in Surrey Park. Club spokesman Geoff Checketts said model trains was one of the biggest hob

Midmost Marvin is now a reality after a successful book launch at Young Reflections last week. New author Callan Goodall said the book launch went really well with a good crowd of family and friends to support the occasion. “It was a good chance to thank a few people and to sell a few copies […]

SIT Music student Devin Ledington has come full circle in his musical journey with the upcoming annual SIT Kids Concerts, 22nd-25th September 2020. The first-year Bachelor of Contemporary Music student attended the concerts in his childhood; this year it’s his turn to perform for Southland primary a

Former St Patricks School principal Callan Goodall has become a children’s book author. He said it was almost like winning a golden ticket – you know, the one in Charlie and The Chocolate Factory. Midmost Marvin tells the tale of a very average boy with better than average skateboard skills. He trie

Fancy a dip? Take time out with whānau at Splash Palace this weekend for Ngā Kete Mātauranga Pounamu Charitable Trust’s first ever Murihiku Manu Dive Bomb Event. Fun for the whole family including a paua diving competition and one, three, and five-metre dive bombs, a sausage sizzle and prize-giving

There was no reason for families to have nothing to do in Invercargill over the weekend, with ‘Love Local’ at Stadium Southland one of the new events drawing the crowds. The Stadium was filled with 86 stall holders and live music – including deputy Mayor Toni Biddle singing and playing guitar, and f

Kids will be taking over Esk Street this weekend with games and activities all day long. The ‘Kids in the City’ initiative is a collaboration between ILT Kidzone, the Invercargill City Council, along with Great South, What’s On Invers, Sport Southland, Healthy Families Invercargill and Invercargill

Households around the country watching copious amounts of children’s TV at present may have noticed a new song and video called ‘Magic in Me’. Suzy Cato used the animated video last week, where she appears as presenter on the new educational channel designed for NZ in lockdown, Home Learning | Papa