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 >Local firm wins bid for specialist tuatara enclosure
The Invercargill branch of Calder Stewart has been awarded the contract to construct a new tuatara enclosure within the animal reserve at Queens Park. The enclosure is part of Project 1225, which will also see a brand-new museum, Te Unua Museum of Southland, built in Invercargill, along with a museum collection storage facility constructed at […]
Read More >Road users reminded to plan ahead, as Branxholme Pipeline Upgrade hits city streets
The Branxholme Pipeline Upgrade is set to broach Invercargill’s city streets soon. Work on installing the pipeline at Bainfield Rd – the busy Waikiwi thoroughfare – is scheduled to start on November 14. Invercargill City Council Programme Director Lee Butcher said although the project had already had some impact on members of the community, its […]
Read More >Council successfully delivers on performance measures
Invercargill City Council has met more performance measures in the 2022/23 financial year than the previous year, the newly released Annual Report shows. The Annual Report for the financial year ending 30 June 2023 was adopted at an Extraordinary Council Meeting on Tuesday. The Annual Report outlines Council’s financial position and performance for the 2022-2023 […]
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 […]
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