All eyes are on December 2025 as Invercargill City Councillors voted in favour of a plan that will see a museum base building complete in December 2025. Earlier this year, as part of the Long Term Plan, Council agreed to invest $39.4 million to develop a 3550m2 museum at Queens Park, to be completed in […]
Read More >Council affirms AA+ credit rating again
Invercargill City Council has again been affirmed as having an AA+ Stable credit rating by international credit rating agency Fitch Ratings. A corporate credit rating is an assessment of a company’s creditworthiness. The credit rating helps investors or lenders determine the risks and the organisations capacity to manage debt, meaning it is less difficult for […]
Read More >Young people invited to have their say in what makes Invercargill a vibrant and attractive place
Mayor Nobby Clark is keen for the young people of Invercargill to be more vocal about what is needed to keep them in the city. On Friday, November 25, between 9am and 9pm, Council is hosting a pop-up kiosk in Invercargill Central for people aged 18-30 to have their say on what will make the […]
Read More >Rūnaka-designed artwork to grace Stead St shared pathway
Artwork designed and developed by Waihōpai Rūnaka will provide one of the last major components of works on the Stead St Stopbank Upgrade. Invercargill City Council has upgraded the Stead St and Cobbe Rd stopbanks with a sheet pile wall and earthen embankment to protect the city, the Invercargill Airport and critical infrastructure […]
Read More >Wedgwood serving up the tea for He Waka Tuia’s next exhibition
He Waka Tuia has got the tea, and it’s being served at the Wedgwood Exhibition. From November 12 to 27, the Invercargill Public Art Gallery and Southland Museum and Art Gallery Wedgwood collection will be on display at He Waka Tuia. Wedgwood is a brand of English pottery developed in the mid-1700s by Josiah Wedgwood. […]
Read More >Tours, displays for Cemeteries & Crematoria Week
A series of events designed to highlight the gentle history of honouring the dead has been developed by the Invercargill City Council Parks and Recreation Cemetery Services team. Council Team Leader Cemetery Ricky Mulqueen said vintage burial registers and map displays, guided walks and headstone refurbishment demonstrations would be held as part of Cemeteries & […]
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