Invercargill City Youth Council members are keen to connect rangatahi with the wider community, and have invited them to take part in an out-of-the-box market day. Invercargill’s first-ever Umbrella Market, run by the youth council’s Summer Committee, will be an opportunity for those aged between five and 19 to sell their wares using upside-down umbrellas […]
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Literary adventures await with Invercargill City Libraries Summer Reading Challenge
This summer, Invercargill City Libraries is suggesting an escape of a different kind with the Summer Reading Challenge. Tamariki aged 0-12 and 13, and rangatahi aged 12-18 are being invited to take part in the 2023 Great Escape challenge to spend 24 days taking time to read or complete literary-related challenges. Each day they complete […]
Read More >Ōtātara School pupils make their voices heard during Sandy Point Domain consultation
The public consultation process is a way for everybody in a community to share their thoughts, and the pupils at Ōtātara School are no exception. Invercargill City Councillors agreed during a Community Wellbeing Committee in September to release the Sandy Point Domain Masterplan. Meanwhile, engagement on the review of Council’s Sandy Point Domain Management Plan […]
Read More >Fare changes help keep buses affordable
Invercargill City Council is adopting fare changes to help keep public transport affordable in the city. The Government-led Community Connect programme provides a 50 per cent concession on public transport services for Community Services Cardholders when using a Bee Card. Council Group Manager Infrastructure Erin Moogan said the new fares would apply to all Council […]
Read More >Mobile pump track to bring communities together
Stunt rider Levi Goodall will be one of the drawcards at the official launch of Southland’s new portable pump track next month. Photo: supplied Southland will soon boast a brand-new way to bring communities together, with a mobile modular pump track currently on a freighter bound for Bluff. The 64-metre-long track will allow […]
Read More >Tamariki encouraged to show their artistic side with Kids Can Curate exhibition at He Waka Tuia
Young budding art lovers have got the opportunity to walk in a curator’s shoes and help decide what the next He Waka Tuia exhibition will look like. Kids Can Curate is the chance for anyone under the age of 18 to look through 70 works of art from the Invercargill Public Art Gallery collection and […]
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