Work is ramping up on the ambitious project that will bring a new tuatara and storage facility, and museum, to the city. The Tisbury storage facility build is finished and the official opening will take place in February 2024. A wahi tapu has taken place to bless the collection before its transfer to the facility, […]
Read More >Bluff Hill Motupōhue Active Recreation Precinct takes shape
More than 10km of mountain bike and walking trails are beginning to take shape on Bluff Hill as the Bluff Hill Motupōhue Active Recreation Precinct gets under way. Awarua Rūnaka performed karakia and a bless in October before the first sod was turned and Wānaka-based mountain bike trail construction company Dirt Dynamics got started working […]
Read More >Introducing … Dr Damien Puddle, Local Play Advocate
Dr Damien Puddle has quite a task ahead of him – he has been hired to help transform Invercargill into an urban playground. It might sound like the subject of a children’s book, but for Puddle, it’s a dream come true. There’s a reason why he’s known as “Dr Play”. Puddle’s background is drenched in […]
Read More >Main contractor for new Invercargill museum on board
The rebuild of Invercargill’s museum is full steam ahead, with the local branch of Naylor Love officially joining the project as its main contractor. Invercargill City Council’s Project 1225 involves the creation of three new cultural facilities for the city: the recently-completed Te Pātaka Taoka regional museum collection storage facility, a specialist tuatara enclosure within […]
Read More >Regional museum collection storage facility gifted name
The treasures that tell a story of Southland’s past have begun to be shifted into their new home. That home has now been bestowed with a fitting new name: Te Pātaka Taoka Southern Regional Collections Facility. The first element to be completed of Invercargill City Council’s Project 1225, which will also see the construction of […]
Read More >Literary adventures await with Invercargill City Libraries Summer Reading Challenge
This summer, Invercargill City Libraries is suggesting an escape of a different kind with the Summer Reading Challenge. Tamariki aged 0-12 and 13, and rangatahi aged 12-18 are being invited to take part in the 2023 Great Escape challenge to spend 24 days taking time to read or complete literary-related challenges. Each day they complete […]
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