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“Man sought for inappropriate behaviour in car park” Police are looking for information from members of the public who may have seen a man acting inappropriately inside a vehicle parked at Countdown Invercargill on Thursday the 5th of May 2016 at 5:10pm. He was understood to have been alone in the v

Invercargill Police are asking for help from the public as they investigate an arson in Crinan Street on the night of Monday 9 May. The house was destroyed in the blaze which occurred between 9.30pm and 10pm. Police are calling for help identifying a male who was seen entering the address a short ti

Anyone seen Ed ? Word is that music star Ed Sheeran has spent some time in the south while taking a break from his whirlwind music career. Reports out say he has been in Queenstown over the last day or two. Has he dropped into your café, restaurant or any workplace ? Has he dropped […]

Local artists are being offered the opportunity to create and implement their own original design on one of 11 Chorus cabinets in the city. Chorus is working with the Invercargill City Council as part of their Chorus Cabinet Art Programme to provide the telecommunications cabinets. The Programme see

The Invercargill City Council is calling for nominations for the 2016 Civic Honours Awards. Any person who has carried out meritorious voluntary service in the Invercargill City District in one or more of the following categories is eligible for nomination by any two citizens of Invercargill: Recrea

The pace is being set for contenders aspiring to take a seat on the Invercargill City Council. It’s very encouraging to see the list of names growing by the week, including Alex Crackett, Toni Biddle standing for ICC and Tom Conroy standing for mayor. The latest contender that we know about is Neil

The quest for energy efficiency continues at Splash Palace following the recent installation of a larger woodchip storage bunker. Stage one of the conversion of the aquatic centre to wood energy began in 2013 with the replacement of two coal boilers with an Austrian manufactured woodchip boiler. Sta

Three Lotto players share $1 million jackpot It was a Mother’s Day to remember for Lotto players from Upper Hutt, Temuka and Invercargill who won $333,333 each with Lotto First Division in Saturday nights live Lotto draw. The winning tickets were sold at Pak N Save Upper Hutt, Temuka New World and P