Council consults over District Plan Variations The Invercargill City Council added another proposed change to its new District Plan, now totalling eight proposed changes, known as ‘Variations’. The District Plan is the set of rules that govern where and how certain activities and developments can be

A timely reminder for all outdoors types to make taking communications and recovery equipment a priority on each trip. This follows a 4WD drive excursion in Central Otago that became stuck in its tracks. Police say the vehicle and its two occupants had been reported overdue. They say the off road ad

Wow, Wow and double Wow! That’s for the organisers of the big two weekend events, The Santa Parade and the Fireworks and Music Festival. We are reliably informed that Southlanders again came out in big numbers to welcome the jolly fellow in red on Saturday afternoon. This despite rain on Saturday mo

Glenn MacIntosh of Invercargill won the Men’s 12 kilometre run and teenager Fiona Gray of Winton, the Ladies 12 kilometre run, in the Up & Over Bluff Hill Grunt in the port town on Sunday. MacIntosh led home Mark Gray of Gore and Aidan Michaels of Invercargill in the Men’s event while Gray headed of

More photos from the Southland Santa Parade, supplied by ‘PeterPan’. https://whatsoninvers.nz/thousands-line-city-streets-to-view-santa-parade-pics-part-1/

The weather was looking a bit crap but the annual Southland Santa Parade went ahead as planned and it was great to see the Centre City streets packed with Southlanders of all ages including families enjoy the parade. Well done Southland. :::A message from the Southland Santa Parade Organisers::: Wan

A social media campaign titled “I Recycle, Do You?” is being run by WasteNet Southland to celebrate this week’s Southland Recycle Week. The aim of the week is to encourage Southlanders to learn about recycling, take actions around home and work, and share their recycling experience with family and f

Discover the world of Nanotechnology with Nanogirl, AKA Dr Michelle Dickinson, as she explains how the manipulation of matter invisible to the naked eye is changing our lives. Some of the most incredible technological advances in recent years have been made under powerful microscopes. These discover