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The next World shearing and wool handling championships will be held in Invercargill on February 9-11, 2017. The event, expected to attract competitors from about 30 countries, will be held at ILT Stadium Southland and be known as Golden Shears World Championships Southland 2017. The event is held e

The community has got behind the big Fireworks & Music Festival at Rugby Park, Invercargill on Saturday 21 November. So much so that organiser Peter Kett has been bowled over by the kind offers and assistance he has received to make the event happen. “The number of people and organisations that have

Back in July we drew a winner for the What’s On Invers 2nd Birthday Queenstown Weekend Getaway competition. Gillian & Roger spent last weekend enjoying the prize and shares it with us. Roger & I really looking forward to what the weekend has in store! Amazing views from apartment balcony – & only a

Annual Report adopted and available online The Invercargill City Council has adopted the organisation’s 2014-15 Annual Report, Finance Director Dean Johnston said today. Mr Johnston said the Annual Report covered Council’s activities between 1 July 2014 and 30 June 2015, including joint council comm

“Charges laid in Tautuku incident” Police have today charged a 20 year-old male in relation to the incident that occured at the Tautuku Lodge yesterday, Sunday 8 November, with a number of charges including unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful discharge of a firearm, and burglary. He is due to

For the second year running young Southland racing drivers, brothers Damon and Brendon Leitch, have finished first and second respectively in the prestigious Wigram Cup race at Mike Pero Motorsport Park at Ruapuna in Christchurch. Damon won the race with younger brother Brendon second to repeat last

Gone up in smoke. That could be one phrase to sum the week just gone, the week we will never get back. Fireworks. was it the biggest story of the week, well that can be debated over a cuppa. But it was part of the week that certainly went off with a bang. But if […]

Last Thursday we were invited to the launch of an art exhibition by Invercargill local artist Dwayne Carey at the Super Framers & Bank Art Gallery. Dwayne has imagined & fictionalised the characters that he sees making the cut and becoming the universe’s new explorers. About the art? Each with their