What's On Invers – Invercargill & Southland News

Gee things are really moving at a pace when it comes to commercial building activity. I went for a drive with my trusty little camera the other day and took these pics – Work is getting underway with the City Council commercial development on the old Todd’s Auction site on Don St. Photo: whatsoninve

Invercargill Police are seeking Waipatu Winitana-Waihirere and have a warrant for his arrest . The 22-year-old is from Invercargill, and is also known to have links in Christchurch and Timaru. Winitana-Waihirere is described as being 175cm tall and of stocky build. Anyone who knows where he may be i

Here are the winners from last night’s Venture Southland Inter-Schools Speech Contest at Aurora College. Well Done to everyone who participated. It’s no easy thing speaking in public, in fact it’s widely regarded as one of our greatest fears. A good way to overcome it or at least come to grips with

Congratulations to our colleague Jess Hamill, who won a bronze medal at the Rio Paralympics this morning. Jess, who works at the Southern District File Management Centre in Dunedin, threw 7.54 metres in the final of the Women’s Shotput F34 competition. She adds her Paralympic bronze to silver medals

The Invercargill City Council has agreed to fund $50,000 towards a feasibility study on establishing an inner-city art gallery. pic – whatsoninvers Invercargill Mayor Tim Shadbolt said the Council approved the special funding at its final meeting of the 2013-2016 Council term on Tuesday night. Const

Winning night for four lucky Lotto players   Lotto players from Cambridge, Hastings, Christchurch and Invercargill will have their dreams become reality after winning $250,000 each with Lotto First Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. The winning Lotto tickets were sold at Countdown Cambridge in C

The Invercargill City Council has presented four Civic Honours Awards to Southlanders in recognition of their work. At the special awards ceremony at the Civic Theatre today, Civic Honours Awards were  presented to: New Zealand Order of Merit recipient, Suffrage Medal for Services to Women recipient

In a culinary contest against some of New Zealand’s best, Invercargill’s Ascot Park Hotel has proved it’s up to the challenge. The hotel’s Emberz restaurant has earned two nominations in the annual Hospitality New Zealand Awards for Excellence – in the coveted Best Restaurant category and Best New/R