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Invercargill’s city centre master planning project now has a team to promote, drive, and champion it, with the formation of a special City Centre Governance Group. In June, urban design specialists Isthmus Group began developing a master plan for the city centre, which will give direction on what th

Rumours of Tiwai Aluminium Smelter’s Pot Line #4 being re-opened are circulating around Invercargill and the media, NZ Herald has a story behind their paywall. Saying “Less than a month after signalling that it could close the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter, there are signs the owner may be preparing

Southland Hospital’s Careers Incubator welcomed 13 students from Verdon College and Te Wharekura O Arowhenua today. The programme provides students with the opportunity to view health professionals in their workplace and to experience a health care work environment. The Year 12 and 13 students parti

Small businesses are cautiously optimistic a drop in charges for accepting credit card and contactless payments will help with cashflow woes. Visa and Mastercard have both agreed to reduce the interchange fees they charge banks whenever a customer pays using one of their issued cards. The fees, alon

Police are appealing for the public’s help following an aggravated robbery in Invercargill. About 9.20pm on Thursday 30 July a man entered the Gladstone Night ‘n Day, presented what appeared to be firearm and demanded money from the shop assistant. A member of the public intervened before a second m

Another ‘pop-up job shop’ is underway in Invercargill, for those needing employment advice. The Great South Job Search 2020 runs until Saturday at the Invercargill Public Library, and on Thursday in Gore. People will have the opportunity to connect with employment support, get help with curriculum v

Invercargill Police are investigating an aggravated robbery at a Dee Street business last night. Detective Senior Sergeant Stuart Harvey said two male offenders, one reportedly armed with a firearm, entered the Night’n Day store just before 9.30pm. A member of the public who went to intervene was st

The Invercargill Licensing Trust has made a strong recovery post-Covid and as a result, re- employed 37 out of 87 staff who were recently made redundant. In a report from the chief executive Chris Ramsay, the trust’s year-to-date sales for the last three months have seen an overall drop of $7.2 mill