What's On Invers – Invercargill & Southland News

After a two-year Covid-enforced break, the Waihopai Rowing Club’s Corpor8 event is celebrating its 20th anniversary. The popular corporate rowing event, supported by iHire and a range of other sponsors, is the Oreti River-based club’s major fundraising effort for the year. Corpor8 committee chair Ga

Despite much fanfare, and a $486 million spend from the Government, Health NZ has yet to deliver any real results for Southland. As part of the restructure, the Southern District Health Board was disestablished on July 1 and our local voice, and much of the scrutiny of our health services, was lost.

The Government’s draft Better Work Action Plan for the tourism workforce released earlier this month is a shining example of this Government’s inability to prioritise the real issues which face many businesses in my Southland electorate, says local MP for Southland, Joseph Mooney. “Everywhere I go,

Cartoon of the Day: Thanks to Garrick Tremain. https://garricktremain.nz/cartoons

The new Let’s Go Invercargill ticket group has been brought about to support some of the new candidates and help raise their profile. Set up by deputy Mayor Nobby Clark and councillor Allan Arnold, most of the 10 candidates in the group are, or have been people in business,  and all have their own v

Police would like to hear from anyone who witnessed a robbery on Crinan Street Sunday evening. At around 6.30pm a man entered a dairy on Crinan Street and demanded money from the shop attendant. The man then left on foot, heading east towards Ness Street with a quantity of cash, pouches of tobacco a

Opinion and humour. (May trigger some people) This is the first poll to include the ‘Let’s Go Invercargill’ ticket candidates who have performed well with six in the top 12. Like our July poll, current councillors Allan Arnold, Darren Ludlow, Ian Pottinger, Nigel Skelt performed well with Alex Crack

“A dream come true”, is how Southland racing driver, Jordan Michels, has described his impressive debut at the wheel of a Supercar in the Dunlop Super3 Series races at Sandown International Motor Raceway in Melbourne last weekend. Michels, who celebrated his 25th birthday on the Monday of race week