Invercargill City Council has appointed the architectural design team that will create the city’s new museum. Australian architects Fjcstudio, together with Auckland firms Evatt Martin Architects and design Tribe have been selected to design the new museum building as part of Project 1225. Council Programme Director Lee Butcher said the project team was impressed with […]
Read More >Housing Innovation project launched with whakawātea
Invercargill City Council staff and guests joined mana whenua at a whakawātea to mark the beginning of the Housing Innovation project on Friday. Four energy-efficient, warm and healthy homes are to be built on Council-owned land as a first step towards renovating and revitalising Council housing in the city. Council Group Manager infrastructure Erin Moogan […]
Read More >Invercargill city residential rates rise probable
The Invercargill City Council 2023/2024 Draft Annual Plan update has pointed to a probable rates rise of 5.5%. The 2023/2024 Annual Plan, still in its drafting stages, outlines what Council plans to spend on projects and day-to-day services over the coming financial year and how that work will be financed. Mayor Nobby Clark said Council […]
Read More >First contact between Southern Māori and Captain Cook to be depicted in latest He Waka Tuia exhibition Tamatea
He Waka Tuia’s latest exhibition will commemorate the 250th anniversary of first contact between Southern Māori and explorer and cartographer Captain James Cook. Tamatea, which starts on 26 March, marks the time between the same date in 1773 and 11 May 1773, when the crew of the Resolution sheltered in Tamatea and began to explore […]
Read More >Invercargill city water restrictions lifted
Invercargill City Council has removed its ban on unattended domestic hosing and sprinkler use in the city. Water restrictions were put in place on Saturday, 18 February when the Ōreti River flow approached 4 cubic metres per second (cumecs), the point at which Council must apply water conservation measures to protect the health of the […]
Read More >Invercargill City Holdings Ltd Annual Report released
Invercargill City Holdings Ltd’s (ICHL) Annual Report shows the investment in the Invercargill Central Ltd development is performing as expected, ICHL Chair Brian Wood says. Invercargill Central Ltd has recorded the value of shares in its current accounts, which shows ICHL’s shares are currently valued at $500,000. A total of $43.2 million was originally invested […]
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