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Pre-dawn Flights to Test New Runway Lights
Pre-dawn Flights to Test New Runway Lights
Community   -   Jul 28, 2026

If you're awake before dawn on Thursday, that low-flying aircraft circling Invercargill Airport isn't lost. It's doing a job. A specialised flight inspection aircraft — ZK-FIS, a twin-engine Piper PA-42 Cheyenne — arrives Wednesday July 29 and begins calibration flights from around 4am Thursday. It will

Simmonds Meets China Education Minister This Week
Simmonds Meets China Education Minister This Week
Education   -   Jul 27, 2026

Invercargill MP, and Minister for Tertiary Education and Science, Innovation and Technology, Penny Simmonds is travelling to the People's Republic of China this week, as she works to strengthen international education connections which will benefit regions like Southland. Minister Simmonds will be accompanied by a delegation of 11

Hunters Over DOC Bureaucrats In ACT Policy
Hunters Over DOC Bureaucrats In ACT Policy
Southland   -   Jul 27, 2026

ACT wants to strip the Department of Conservation of its authority over game animals and hand it to the Game Animal Council — with full funding to match. The party announced the policy at the Hunting & Wildlife Expo this weekend, pitching it as long-overdue recognition for hunters who have spent

Museum Designed With Disabled Visitors in Mind
Museum Designed With Disabled Visitors in Mind
Councils   -   Jul 27, 2026

Invercargill's new regional museum is being built with accessibility as a design requirement, not an afterthought. The Museum of Southland — due to open to the public in 2027, with construction scheduled to complete later this year — has been developed in consultation with Arts Access Aotearoa, Well Child Network,

Councillor Slams Cemetery Burial Conditions
Councillor Slams Cemetery Burial Conditions
Councils   -   Jul 27, 2026

Something went wrong at Greenpoint Cemetery. A councillor is angry about it. And no one will say what happened. Cr Andrea de Vries raised the incident at a council meeting on Tuesday, telling staff she had been contacted about a "pretty traumatic experience" at the cemetery near Bluff.

Pre-dawn Flights to Test New Runway Lights
Community   -   Jul 28, 2026 Pre-dawn Flights to Test New Runway Lights

If you're awake before dawn on Thursday, that low-flying aircraft circling Invercargill Airport isn't lost. It's doing a job. A specialised flight inspection aircraft — ZK-FIS, a twin-engine Piper PA-42 Cheyenne — arrives Wednesday July 29 and begins calibration flights from around 4am Thursday. It will

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Pre-dawn Flights to Test New Runway Lights
Pre-dawn Flights to Test New Runway Lights
Community   -   Jul 28, 2026

If you're awake before dawn on Thursday, that low-flying aircraft circling Invercargill Airport isn't lost. It's doing a job. A specialised flight inspection aircraft — ZK-FIS, a twin-engine Piper PA-42 Cheyenne — arrives Wednesday July 29 and begins calibration flights from around 4am Thursday. It will

Hawthorndale Strengthens Board With New Trustee
Hawthorndale Strengthens Board With New Trustee
Health & Wellbeing   -   Jul 28, 2026

Hawthorndale Care Village has appointed a clinical leader with more than two decades of aged care experience to its board, as the Invercargill facility moves into what it describes as its next stage of development. Jill Smith joins as a trustee, bringing a background spanning aged residential care, hospice, community

Southland Tri Club Honours Quiet Achiever
Southland Tri Club Honours Quiet Achiever
Sport & Motorsport   -   Jul 28, 2026

If you've taken part in a Southland Triathlon and Multisport Club event over the past 17 years, you've likely crossed paths with Mary Marshall - one of the club's unsung heroes, who has spent years quietly helping hundreds of athletes enjoy race day. In

Council Staff Face Record Abuse in June
Council Staff Face Record Abuse in June
Councils   -   Jul 28, 2026

Police were called twice in June after staff at Invercargill City Council were subjected to abuse — the latest sign that anti-social behaviour towards council workers is getting worse, not better. The council's most recent health, safety and wellbeing report recorded 23 incidents involving verbal abuse and threatening behaviour

Simmonds Meets China Education Minister This Week
Simmonds Meets China Education Minister This Week
Education   -   Jul 27, 2026

Invercargill MP, and Minister for Tertiary Education and Science, Innovation and Technology, Penny Simmonds is travelling to the People's Republic of China this week, as she works to strengthen international education connections which will benefit regions like Southland. Minister Simmonds will be accompanied by a delegation of 11

Hunters Over DOC Bureaucrats In ACT Policy
Hunters Over DOC Bureaucrats In ACT Policy
Southland   -   Jul 27, 2026

ACT wants to strip the Department of Conservation of its authority over game animals and hand it to the Game Animal Council — with full funding to match. The party announced the policy at the Hunting & Wildlife Expo this weekend, pitching it as long-overdue recognition for hunters who have spent

Museum Designed With Disabled Visitors in Mind
Museum Designed With Disabled Visitors in Mind
Councils   -   Jul 27, 2026

Invercargill's new regional museum is being built with accessibility as a design requirement, not an afterthought. The Museum of Southland — due to open to the public in 2027, with construction scheduled to complete later this year — has been developed in consultation with Arts Access Aotearoa, Well Child Network,

Councillor Slams Cemetery Burial Conditions
Councillor Slams Cemetery Burial Conditions
Councils   -   Jul 27, 2026

Something went wrong at Greenpoint Cemetery. A councillor is angry about it. And no one will say what happened. Cr Andrea de Vries raised the incident at a council meeting on Tuesday, telling staff she had been contacted about a "pretty traumatic experience" at the cemetery near Bluff.

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