Right before the very first Covid-19 lockdown back in March 2020, the Invercargill City Council made a decision to demolish the old building at 66 Dee St next to the library. The budgeted amount was $1.4 million, but prior to the meeting Nelson businessman Gaire Thompson offered to buy it from counc
A teacher used to say to me “ failure plus excuses is not the same thing as success”. If she had added “and Planning is not the same thing as doing” then she would have captured the performance of Council perfectly. A single example, Anderson Park, demonstrates that. How can it take eight years to [
Tremain Flashback: In 2003 Helen Clark & Sue Bradford were expressing anti- smacking hysteria. Cartoon of the Day: Thanks to Garrick Tremain. https://garricktremain.nz/cartoons
Southland Stags vs North Harbour, Saturday October 1st 2022, 2.05pm kick off. Rugby Park Stadium Invercargill Breast Cancer Foundation New Zealand Round The Southland Stags will wear pink socks to show support to the 3500 women and 25 men who are diagnosed with Breast Cancer each year. Text PINK to
A man has come forward in the investigation of a serious hit-and-run incident in Invercargill on Sunday morning (25 September 2022). A 19-year-old male was struck by a vehicle about 6:15am on Marama Avenue South, in Otatara. “A man has presented himself to Police and is helping us with our enquiries
Right before the very first Covid-19 lockdown back in March 2020, the Invercargill City Council made a decision to demolish the old building at 66 Dee St next to the library. The budgeted amount was $1.4 million, but prior to the meeting Nelson businessman Gaire Thompson offered to buy it from counc
Built in 12 weeks and recycled at end of life — St Theresa's new turf pitch opened Monday, part of FIFA's global push to install 1,000 mini-pitches worldwide.
Southland gymnast Lewis Thomson is still buzzing after his impressive first year in Senior level, and gaining second place at the New Zealand Gymnastics championships last month.
The young athlete competed his best routine ever on floor, and is now training in Christchurch.
But it’s the creation of his
More than 400 objects, from sketches to paintbrushes — and a connection to the museum stretching back to a one-shilling junior membership in the mid-fifties.
Right before the very first Covid-19 lockdown back in March 2020, the Invercargill City Council made a decision to demolish the old building at 66 Dee St next to the library. The budgeted amount was $1.4 million, but prior to the meeting Nelson businessman Gaire Thompson offered to buy it from counc
The Langlands Hotel was officially opened today, and ILT board president Alan Dennis formally cut the ribbon for the $52 million, 4.5 star hotel. The largest single development in ILT’s history, the hotel has 78 rooms and is seven storeys high – a real landmark feature in the city. Alan reflected i
For a couple of days in October, Bluff will be the centre of the mountain biking universe, at least as far as New Zealand is concerned. The Southland Mountain Bike Club will be hosting the Skoda National School Mountain Bike Championships from 13 to 16 October, drawing the top secondary school mount
Invercargill Police have arrested an 18-year-old man following a disorder incident at a property on Steel Road, Lorneville, on Friday night. One person was transported to hospital in a critical condition and two others sustained non-life-threatening injuries. The parties involved are understood to b
A teacher used to say to me “ failure plus excuses is not the same thing as success”. If she had added “and Planning is not the same thing as doing” then she would have captured the performance of Council perfectly. A single example, Anderson Park, demonstrates that. How can it take eight years to [
Tremain Flashback: In 2003 Helen Clark & Sue Bradford were expressing anti- smacking hysteria. Cartoon of the Day: Thanks to Garrick Tremain. https://garricktremain.nz/cartoons
Southland Stags vs North Harbour, Saturday October 1st 2022, 2.05pm kick off. Rugby Park Stadium Invercargill Breast Cancer Foundation New Zealand Round The Southland Stags will wear pink socks to show support to the 3500 women and 25 men who are diagnosed with Breast Cancer each year. Text PINK to
A man has come forward in the investigation of a serious hit-and-run incident in Invercargill on Sunday morning (25 September 2022). A 19-year-old male was struck by a vehicle about 6:15am on Marama Avenue South, in Otatara. “A man has presented himself to Police and is helping us with our enquiries
