Kids & Family

A community event at Wachner Place this weekend promises plenty of family fun, in the name of raising awareness of gambling harm. Nga Kete Matauranga Pounamu Charitable Trust, the ILT Foundation, and Invercargill City Council have joined forces to offer the Gambling Harm Awareness event to encourage

A new hydroslide featuring three slides proposed for Invercargill’s Splash Palace is a step closer as final preparations are made for work to start on the $2.89 million project. Council aquatic services manager Peter Thompson said “We’re really excited to now be able to show the hydroslides off to e

Roll up, roll up – come one, come all! Tickets for the 2019 ILT Kidzone festival are now on sale! Drawing inspiration from the wonderful world of the circus, the 2019 ILT Kidzone Festival will be held from Wednesday 10 to Monday 15 July at James Hargest College Senior Campus. Festival Director Karen

Thousands of people took part in this year’s ICC Surf to City, running, walking, or cycling their way to Invercargill’s Queen’s Park. The largest event on the Sport Southland calendar, this year’s event involved about 3000 participants, who took part in 12km, 6km, or 3km options. Those taking part i

On course patrons will be among the winners at the annual ILT Race Day at Ascot Park Raceway in Invercargill this Sunday (3 March). Meal vouchers from ILT establishments to a combined value of $750 will be up for grabs during the day and can be won just by dropping your losing tote tickets into […]

Entries are now open for the 2019 ICC Surf to City. The largest event on the Sport Southland calendar, the ICC Surf to City attracts about 3500 entrants and will this year be held on Sunday, March 10. Naming rights sponsor the Invercargill City Council has again put its support behind this iconic ev

There’s plenty to look forward to starting next few weeks with the start of the Southland District Council Holiday Programme. Staff at Venture Southland, who coordinate the programme on behalf of Southland District Council, are counting down to this summer’s holiday programme which will be road trip

Play Pods, a locally designed initiative aimed at fostering a love of play, has proven to be a hit in Southland. Created with insights and feedback from the Let’s Play Southland network, Sport Southland’s Healthy Families Invercargill team has been instrumental in making the Play Pods a reality. “Pl