What's On Invers – Invercargill & Southland News

A widespread campaign to oppose the Government’s proposal to merge New Zealand’s 16 ITPs because of its effects on the Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) will be launched in Southland in the coming week. :::LIKE THE FACEBOOK PAGE::: News of the proposed merger has not been well-received in South

There are always many interesting characters and intriguing tales around the pits at motor race meetings such as the Evolution Motorsport Classic SpeedFest held at Teretonga Park in Invercargill recently and the story of Kelly Pierce of Christchurch in an immaculately presented Mini was a very poign

Last weekend, we again took our 5 bands; Grade 2, G4A, G4B and Juvenile A and Juvenile B bands up to Dunedin for a 2 day contest; The South Island Pipe Band Champs. In each grade, we competed against bands from up and down the island including Southland, Otago and Canterbury. Backing up our positive

A multi-million dollar redevelopment in Queenstown has been given a green light. The upgrade will include a new terminal building at the base of the gondola The Environment Court has granted a resource consent for Skyline Queenstown’s project, which includes new state-of-the-art gondola, a lower ter

Following a whirlwind 72 hours, Southland’s Corbin Strong has landed home from Bundaberg last night and has flown out this morning to join the Cycling New Zealand team bound for the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Poland. New Zealand is taking an 18-strong team to the champs, where they tak

A glittering jewel – the night sky above Stewart Island/Rakiura – is set to turn heads around the globe. Opinion piece by Gary Tong. Earning official status as an International Dark Sky Sanctuary in January from the International Dark Sky Association (IDA) has opened up a world of possibility and po

Hi there team, middle of the week already This week on MMM with Little Fire Music Works we go back to 1980 and cracking song from across the Tas. James Reyne’s Australian Crawl doing Downhearted. A good summer song I’m sure you’ll agree. Did you catch James and Mark Seymour at the Gibbston Valley co

Carla Forbes, creative director and owner of Invercargill marketing and communications consultancy Market South, former President of the Southland Chamber of Commerce and business leader, is incredulous at the Government’s proposal to merge 16 Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics (ITPs) around