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Southland-based Nixon Cripps is one of the most travelled karters in the country, and if his continued success in the WPKA Goldstar Kart Series is anything to go by, then he will quickly reach frequent flyer status. The eight-year-old Cripps enjoyed two wins and second place overall, as well as seco

Unvaccinated teenagers will soon no longer have to show a vaccine passport to enter council-owned facilities for Education Outside The Classroom (EOTC). The new Ministry of Education legislation, due to come into effect by March 15, was announced by council’s general manager of recreation Steve Gibl

The Invercargill community will this month be asked their views on options identified for the future of the region’s museum. Invercargill City Council committed in its Long Term Plan 2021-2031 to invest $39.4 million to redevelop the region’s museum and art gallery and agreed to review whether a new

Independent fuel retailer Waitomo is warning of a looming unprecedented rise in prices, but one of its rivals says it does not see a benefit in suddenly reacting to every single price shift in the market. Petrol stations around the country have been busy today after the warning. Waitomo chief execut

Anti-mandate protestors continue to camp around the country, including in Invercargill, despite numbers of active cases of Covid-19 in the city heading towards 900. whatsoninvers.nz has been involved in balanced coverage of COVID from the beginning, and continues to bring our readers up-to-date with

Canterbury’s Andy Beale nearly produced the perfect book-end to a record-breaking week at the Masters Track Cycling National Championships at Invercargill. Beale opened the three-day championship at the SIT Zero Fees Velodrome with a brilliant New Zealand record in the individual pursuit, and after

The Mobil 1 Mainland Muscle Cars share the spotlight with the NZ Super Trucks at the big Southern Thunder race meeting at Teretonga Park over the weekend of 19/20 March and the man of the moment in the Muscle Car field, Timaru driver John Hepburn, is looking forward to it. Hepburn has had a stunning

Mitigating risk as the Omicron virus continues to spread has prompted the Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel to change venues for two of its ANZ Premiership home games this season. Steel’s round three fixture against the Robinhood Stars in Dunedin on 27 March and round six clash with the MG Mystics in