A new group, Murihiku Matariki, approached Council earlier this year to offer guidance and assistance in planning the festival. Murihiku Matariki’s members include community and culturally-minded people from a wide range of organisations within Southland, including Arts Murihiku, Venture Southland, Invercargill Public Library, Sport Southland, and Invercargill Public Art Gallery. Group member Jay Coote said […]
Read More >Holdco to sell Invercargill City Forests Ltd
Invercargill City Holdings Limited (Holdco) has decided to sell Invercargill City Forests Limited (ICFL), following clarification of Holdco’s future strategy and expectations. Holdco is a 100% Invercargill City Council-owned holding company, and its subsidiaries include Electricity Invercargill Limited, Invercargill Airport Limited, Invercargill City Properties Limited, and ICFL. Council has been working to provide clarity around […]
Read More >2019 Bluff Oyster Festival + Photo Gallery And Video
What a day! The 2019 Bluff Oyster & Food Festival took place in Bluff today and it proved to be another success. Once again tickets were sold out months ago and queues stretched around the block waiting for the gates to open at 10.30am. After a run of chilly weather for the last few years […]
Read More >Care urged at Sandy Point during forestry work
Forestry harvesting is beginning at Sandy Point from Monday, May 27. A speed limit of 30km/h for all gravel roads in Sandy Point will be in place for the 10 weeks this work is being carried out near Whaler’s Bay. Please take care and be aware of logging trucks on the road. Parts of the […]
Read More >Food and Fun – It’s Oyster Festival Time
Oyster Fringe Festival A New Event For Bluff | Hot Competition Expected At Oyster Events Around 20,000 Bluff Oysters will lure thousands of people from all over New Zealand and beyond when the 2019 Bluff Oyster & Food Festival takes place in Bluff on Saturday 25 May. As they were last year tickets were sold out […]
Read More >Weighbridge at Invercargill Transfer Station to be repaired + Video
Essential repairs to the outward weighbridge at the Invercargill Transfer station will begin on Monday, 20 May. Drainage and Solid Waste Manager Malcolm Loan said the concrete pit which the weighbridge sits in has begun breaking down due to the movement of the weighbridge when vehicles drive on and off it. “The weighbridge was first […]
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