Southland’s Rainbow community is being recognised in He Waka Tuia’s latest exhibition, Seen/Scene. Wellington art photographer Adrienne Martyn was commissioned to photograph 41 people from the Southland LGBTQIA+ community specifically for the exhibition. The idea for the exhibition came about following a movement beginning in 1989 called Day Without Art, an international response to the […]
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Blessing for tuatara facility site in Queens Park takes place
Work on constructing the new tuatara facility will soon commence following the blessing of the site by mana whenua. On Friday morning, drenched in sunshine, Waihōpai Rūnaka representatives Ra Dallas and Evelyn Cook, together with Ngāti Koata representative Zealan Simpkins, of Nelson, performed karakia and a blessing of the site in Queens Park. In June, […]
Read More >Council agrees to name new museum Te Unua Museum of Southland
Te Unua Museum of Southland will be the name of Southland’s new museum. At a full Invercargill City Council meeting on Tuesday, Councillors discussed two options for the name – Te Unua Museum of Southland and Te Unua Southland Museum. Invercargill City Council started Project 1225, the project to rebuild the city’s museum, in December […]
Read More >Invercargill museum receives major funding boost by Community Trust South
Invercargill’s new museum has been given a major funding boost, with Community Trust South confirming a multi-million dollar grant to the cause. The trust has committed $5 million to Project 1225, named to reflect the museum’s base rebuild deadline of December 2025. Project 1225 also includes the creation of a collection storage facility in Tisbury […]
Read More >ILT gives further $500,000 for new museum
Invercargill’s new museum has been given another funding boost of $500,000 from ILT, bringing the organisation’s total funding commitment to $1 million. ILT Group originally announced funding support of $500,000 for the Invercargill City Council’s project to rebuild Invercargill’s museum in April, and this month announced its further support. The project, dubbed Project 1225 to […]
Read More >Wikitoria Room provides new space and place at theatre
The Civic Theatre is reimagining its spaces to provide better opportunities for both performers and audiences. The first floor of the Civic Theatre has always been home to a large reception room, which has now been transformed into a theatrette. Invercargill City Council venues manager Jason Wade said the space meant the grand old dame […]
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