Plunket checks are a regular part of life for many Kiwi babies – and for Invercargill’s taonga tuatara, too. The city has long been home to a group of tuatara, ranging from juveniles to perhaps Invercargill’s most famous resident of all, Henry: the oldest member of our tuatara population. While his exact age is unknown, […]
Read More >Invercargill residents invited to have their say in the formation of the Donovan Park Masterplan
Invercargill City Council is inviting residents to have their say on the future of Donovan Park to help establish a prolonged plan. The Donovan Park Masterplan will help inform the next 30-50 years of park use, asset renewal, and development, and help guide funding decisions. Once approved, it will inform the development of the next […]
Read More >Councillors hear city block submissions
The people of Invercargill have had their say on the future of Wachner Place and Esk Street West, restructuring the financing of City Block and a new CCTV policy. The Invercargill City Council’s Moving Forward with City Block and City Centre Streets Consultation closed on 14 October, with 173 submissions gathered from the public. Council […]
Read More >Southland art collection celebrated with latest He Waka Tuia exhibition LOCAL: By|For|Of
He Waka Tuia is returning to its roots with its latest exhibition LOCAL: By|For|Of. Staff have carefully chosen 84 works from the Invercargill Public Art Gallery (IPAG) artworks to go on display before the collection goes to the Tisbury storage facility that is currently being built as part of Project 1225, the museum rebuild project. […]
Read More >New rating valuations on the way for Invercargill
Invercargill property owners will soon receive new three-yearly rating valuations in the post or via email. Updated values have been prepared for all 26,344 properties in the city by independent valuers Quotable Value (QV) on behalf of Invercargill City Council. They reflect the likely price a property would have sold for on 1 July 2023, […]
Read More >Contractors hit the water as work on the Bluff boat ramp upgrade gets under way
Boaties keen to hit the water will soon have a new boat ramp to launch from with work getting under way at the Bluff wharf. This week, commercial diving and marine contracting company Sub Aqua Solutions was in the water, installing the piles that will support the new ramp and pontoons. Invercargill City Council committed […]
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