Temporary Splash Palace car park changes

By Peter Thompson Manager Aquatic Services With construction beginning on the new hydroslides at Splash Palace we’ve had to make some changes to our car park to ensure that we can get the job done and keep everyone safe moving around the construction zone and through the facility car park. The graphic shows how the […]

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Awarding of inaugural city centre heritage funds

By Shannon Baxter Heritage & Urban Design Planner Council’s inaugural city centre heritage funds were awarded mid-February! This means that we should all be on the lookout for the next several months, as multiple heritage buildings in our city centre will be getting a refresh. The majority of applications were for items that are easily […]

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Council tenant celebrates milestone

The Invercargill City Council’s oldest tenant celebrated her 100th birthday on Saturday. Originally from Scotland, Agnes Lily Cunningham known as Lily emigrated and settled in Christchurch with her husband in 1964, following her sister who come over to New Zealand as a nurse and married an Invercargill man. Lily’s husband was a fisherman and served […]

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Record low for unregistered dogs

This year the number of unregistered dogs has hit a record low of 33 out of 9076 registered dogs, this time last year 50 dogs remained unregistered. Manager Environmental Services Betty Holden said this uptake can be attributed to the proactive work by the Animal Services team. “The team have and will continue to educate […]

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