Dog registration for Invercargill and Bluff residents is open now, giving dog owners over a month in which to register their four-legged friends. The final date to pay registration without penalty is Thursday, 1 August 2024. Dog owners can register their dog and pay online at www.icc.govt.nz, or by visiting Te Hīnaki – Civic Building […]
Read More >Sharks set to take over Splash Palace
Tamariki in Invercargill are being given the chance to get up and close and personal with some of Southland’s biggest sporting names at Splash Palace. The Splash Palace Sports competition offers local sports teams the chance to win a party with players from the Southland Sharks basketball team. It includes a meet-and-greet session with the […]
Read More >Lindisfarne and Yarrow streets intersection gets the green light
Local residents have a new addition to help keep their community safer, with the successful installation of traffic lights at the Yarrow and Lindisfarne street intersection. Works on the intersection concluded on Wednesday with the traffic lights operational from mid-morning. Invercargill City Council Group Manager Infrastructure Erin Moogan said the works, which had been completed […]
Read More >Crowds welcome tuatara to new home
More than 2000 curious locals ventured out to Queens Park on Saturday to welcome Invercargill’s tuatara colony to their new home at Te Moutere – Tuatara Island. The opening celebration, dubbed Henry’s Housewarming, was the first opportunity the public has had to view the tuatara since they were moved from their home in Southland Museum […]
Read More >Double glazing programme a hit with local residents
The Invercargill City Council has recently completed a programme of works retro-fitting and replacing original windows with new double-glazed windows in 194 of its council owned flats across Invercargill and Bluff. Council Senior Advisor Property and Facilities Andrea Wilkes said the majority of the works had been completed over the past five months. “As a […]
Read More >Commitment to community celebrated at Invercargill Civic Honours Awards
The outstanding commitment of five Southlanders to their community has been recognised at the Invercargill City Council’s Civic Honours Awards. The awards, which have been on hiatus for almost a decade and have returned in 2024, aim to recognise those contributing to community wellbeing in four categories: social, cultural, economic and environmental. Mayor Nobby Clark […]
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