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Thirty two finalists have been announced, representing 18 different sports ranging from basketball to boxing, athletics to alpine ski racing and plenty more in between. The 2015/16 ILT Southland Sports Awards will be held on Friday June 17 at the Ascot Park Hotel and celebrate performances between 1

Photo: whatsoninvers.nz Exclusive: The Invercargill Mad Butcher on Leven street is to close 29th May, with all staff losing their jobs. Staff were advised this week and Mad Butcher head office plan to make a public announcement in coming days. The Invercargill store opened in 2013 with fanfare, incl

A couple of points to note here. The survey shows that business activity is ticking along however it shows the decline in things agricultural. On the positive side the survey shows that Tourism is now enjoying its time in the sun, and long may that prosper. Photo: courtesy NewstalkZB Another point t

South City Mall is coming back into local ownership. The property was sold at auction last night in a $1.8 million deal Auctioneer Sean Bellew confirmed to whatsoninvers that the purchaser is a Southlander but wants to remain anonymous. Sean Bellew says the buyer is not going to sit back and rest on

Almost every mode of transport is being employed as people from every corner of New Zealand and beyond descend on Bluff this Saturday for the 2016 Bluff Oyster & Food Festival at the Festival site in Lee Street, Bluff. So many are heading south for the Festival that tickets are already sold out! Man

A joint emergency exercise between  PowerNet and  The Invercargill Fire Service has ticked all the boxes. Monday morning’s confined space rescue exercise was held in Invercargill  was held to test their combined response to a medical emergency in an underground substation. Neil Ladbrook, Invercargil

Well here we are, its been far to long but we are back with The Rear View Mirror for 2016. Lets start with the local body elections. Looks like the main focus of attention will be on who gets elected onto the Invercargill City Council and who, for whatever reason won’t be there for the […]

Jocelyn and Scott O’Donnell, Directors of Bill Richardson Transport World in Invercargill have much pleasure in announcing the purchase of the Tom and Heather Sturgess owned New Zealand Classic Motorcycle collection (NZCM) in Nelson. The Sturgess collection is considered to be a world class attracti