The new Museum Director for Invercargill’s Te Unua Museum of Southland has been officially welcomed to the city in a mihi whakatau. Te Unua Museum of Southland is part of Invercargill City Council’s Project 1225 development, which also includes the recently-completed Te Pātaka Taoka Southern Regional Collections Facility and a specialist tuatara enclosure within the […]
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Invercargill City Mayor home and on the road to recovery
Invercargill City Mayor Nobby Clark is back home and recovering after having double bypass heart surgery last week. Mayor Clark suffered a minor heart attack on the afternoon of Wednesday 27 December and subsequently underwent double bypass surgery on Wednesday 3 January at Dunedin Hospital. Mayor Clark was originally scheduled to have a quadruple bypass […]
Read More >Invercargill City Mayor recovering after heart surgery
Invercargill City Mayor Nobby Clark is recovering in Dunedin Hospital after having heart surgery on Wednesday. Mayor Clark suffered a minor heart attack on the afternoon of Wednesday 27 December, after which he attended Southland Hospital and was admitted overnight as a precaution. The following day, he was transferred to Dunedin Hospital for further tests, […]
Read More >Chance to capture Waihōpai’s good side with The Grrreat Invercargill Photo Competition
We all know Waihōpai is a great place to live, but now the Invercargill City Council wants the community to show us why with The Grrreat Invercargill Photo Competition. To mark the launch of Council’s new Love Waihōpai email newsletter, Council is asking the community to whip out their cameras and show everything there is […]
Read More >Airport terminal to be named in Sir Tim Shadbolt’s honour
The legacy left by former Invercargill mayor Sir Tim Shadbolt will be recognised, with the city’s airport terminal to be renamed in his honour. Invercargill City Councillors have agreed to pay tribute to Sir Tim’s eight-term tenure, by requesting the airport terminal be renamed in tribute to his service to the city. Shadbolt was mayor […]
Read More >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 […]
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