What's On Invers – Invercargill & Southland News

Easter 2018 will see the biggest ever gathering of Jaguar cars in Southland with nearly 250 of them coming from all over New Zealand. They’ll be free for Southlanders to view in Queens Park from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Saturday 31 March. What’s the occasion? The 2018 Jaguar National Rally. The ra

Another outstanding year in Southland sport will be celebrated on Friday 8th June at the Ascot Park Hotel, at the 2018 ILT Southland Sports Awards. Nominations for the awards are now open and organisers are expecting them to reflect the traditionally high standard of results achieved by Southlanders

“Racing” Ray Stewart of Cromwell left The Riverside Speedway crowned as the new Southland Super Saloon Champion, and earned himself a tidy pay packet for his efforts. Cando Fishing, Dixon Transport and Cleanways 2003 Ltd all chimed in and placed a $10,000 prize pool up for grabs for the championship

BLUES v STAR The heavy rain of Tuesday morning cleared making it a still and warm night for the first game of the 2018 Go Bus Premier Club Rugby competition. Blues and Star had arguably evenly matched teams both with new additions to their forwards and backs. Star put pressure on Blues early with ca

The chain link sculpture at Stirling Point car park in Bluff is currently closed off to the public until further notice due to sharp edges. Staff are looking into the matter. The sculpture is cordoned off in such a way that the path can still be used.

Nga Kete Matauranga Pounamu Charitable Trust Iwi Community Panel Co-ordinator Mana Wright will represent New Zealand at the 63rd Session of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Geneva, Switzerland next week. Mana Wright, 25, has been selected to attend through the United Nations

Rachel Lawrie of Invercargill has become Southland’s latest motorsport champion after the 2018 New Zealand Clubsport Championship in Christchurch recently. Lawrie won the newly instigated Women’s Trophy in her third attempt at the Nationals. Her first was in 2014 at Waimate in what was just her seco

Monitoring carried out by Environment Southland on 22 March, has shown high levels of the toxic algae planktonic cyanobacteria at Waituna Lagoon in Southland. Planktonic cyanobacteria (floating or suspended algae) is different to that found in rivers during warmer months, but  still produces toxins