The Invercargill City Council’s oldest tenant celebrated her 100th birthday on Saturday. Originally from Scotland, Agnes Lily Cunningham known as Lily emigrated and settled in Christchurch with her husband in 1964, following her sister who come over to New Zealand as a nurse and married an Invercargill man. Lily’s husband was a fisherman and served […]
Read More >Record low for unregistered dogs
This year the number of unregistered dogs has hit a record low of 33 out of 9076 registered dogs, this time last year 50 dogs remained unregistered. Manager Environmental Services Betty Holden said this uptake can be attributed to the proactive work by the Animal Services team. “The team have and will continue to educate […]
Read More >Site investigation for Bluff Playground
Work to understand the possible impacts from historic fuel tanks which were once located on a Bluff playground will begin early next month. The land, now home to the Slaney Street Playground, was leased from the Bluff Borough Council by Europa (now BP) until 1987, and was the site of a significant fuel storage facility. […]
Read More >City drinking water safe during floods thanks to upgrade
Council Water Manager Alister Murray gives an update on how our water treatment plant fared during last week’s flood: COUNCIL’S recent $12 million dollar upgrade of its water treatment facility at Branxholme on the bank of the Oreti River proved its worth again during the February 2020 major flood event. Invercargill’s water is drawn from […]
Read More >Southland Floods – Latest Info
Due to flooding people are advised to stay off the roads as rivers are continuing to rise further impacting the roads. For all the latest information on road closures please refer to the Southland District Council page: www.southlanddc.govt.nz/my-southland/roading/road-works-and-closures/ LIVE water level map, to view a live water level map visit Environment Southland’s Data Portal Flood warning broadcast: […]
Read More >ICC Surf to City Entries Open
Entries are now open for the annual ICC Surf to City on March 8, 2020. Sponsored by the Invercargill City Council and presented by Sport Southland, the ICC Surf to City is Southland’s largest participation event. The full 12km course starts at Oreti Beach and finishes at Queens Park, but there are also 6km and […]
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