Construction of the first strand of Invercargill City Council’s Project 1225 – to build three key cultural facilities in the city – is officially complete, right on schedule. Project 1225 will see the construction of a new museum, a specialist tuatara enclosure, and a museum collection storage facility undertaken in Invercargill. The build of the […]
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Te Unua Museum of Southland Museum Director appointed
Invercargill’s museum redevelopment has been given another major boost, with the appointment of its director made official. Invercargill City Council Chief Executive Michael Day said he was pleased to announce that Eloise Wallace has been appointed to the position of Museum Director for the city’s new cultural facility, Te Unua Museum of Southland. “Eloise comes […]
Read More >Opportunity to run Invercargill’s new museum’s cafe
Bluff oysters, wild venison, and the legendary cheese roll: Southland’s cuisine is famous throughout New Zealand. An exciting opportunity to cement the region’s status as a foodie destination has now opened, with Invercargill City Council calling for tenders to become the food and beverage operator at Te Unua Museum of Southland. The city’s museum redevelopment […]
Read More >Gibson International to craft new Invercargill museum experience
The award-winning, New Zealand-owned firm Gibson International has been named as the successful experience designers for Invercargill’s new museum. Comprised of three new cultural facilities to be built in Invercargill, Project 1225 is Invercargill City Council’s major infrastructure project and Te Unua Museum of Southland will be the jewel in its crown. After the existing […]
Read More >Upstage: Invercargill Festival of Cabaret is underway
Invercargill’s first cabaret festival ever has started – and the fun is set to carry on all week. Upstage: Invercargill Festival of Cabaret kicked off on Friday (August 11), with headliner Ali Harper performing for an on-stage, cabaret-style audience at the city’s Civic Theatre. Invercargill City Council Venues Manager Jason Wade said the gala opening […]
Read More >Upstage: Invercargill Festival of Cabaret – Michael Kuresa review
It should not come as a surprise that Michael Kuresa relished his time under the lights during his performance at the newly renamed and glammed-up Wikitoria venue. True, this was a night of several firsts, and there were moments where the young Southland songwriter, singer and musician admitted he was blowing off some nerves, but […]
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