Focus on council project management
INVERCARGILL City Council chief executive Clare Hadley says ratepayers should rest easy that there will not be a repeat of the Don St budget...
Help others have a magic Christmas
WITH no financial backing, organisers of Mayor Tim Shadbolt's Christmas Lunch are looking to the community for help to bring some magic into the...
Koha Kai recognised at awards
The late Suzanne Spencer's husband Frank Steans with Koha Kai project development Carole Power (middle) and project leader Janice Lee last week at the...
Racing action heats up at Riverside
X FACTOR Cars Riverside Speedway finished the year the way it started, with a big crowd of race fans and action aplenty on track.
The...
Strong sevens team assembled
DAN Cavanagh is hinting towards Southland providing the surprise package at the national sevens tournament this weekend, although he is more than comfortable with...
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Up & Coming Events
Exhibition: Our Frocks Like Mountains
AN exhibition of paintings by Anita DeSoto, the Southland Art Foundation William Hodges Fellow 2018, opens this month. Our Frocks Like Mountains features DeSoto’s body of work created during the fellowship and is based on colonial photographs of women and their families from local archives. Where: Riverton Community Arts Centre, Palmerston St, Riverton When: Friday, […]
Christmas Lunchtime Concert
THIS year’s Christmas lunchtime concert is being held at First Church tomorrow. The hour-long concert features a varied programme including an international group from E-SOUL, a performance by the First Church Choir, and carol singing. Where: First Church, Invercargill When: Friday, December 14, 12.15pm Entry: Gold coin donation, with refreshments and Christmas treats for sale
South Sea Spray exhibition
SOUTH Sea Spray will feature the work of some of New Zealand’s finest street artists – Flox, Askew, Erika Pearce, Kell Sunshine, Yikes, Deow, Ikarus and Trust Me. Each artist will paint a large mural in Riverton and showcase their artwork in an exhibition at the Vault Gallery during December and January. Where: Vault Gallery, […]
Paul Ubana Jones
AN intimate soulful performer, an acoustic guitar sensation, winner of three New Zealand Music Awards, Paul Ubana Jones has been playing the guitar since the age of 11. Four decades as a professional musician later he continues to perform throughout New Zealand, Australia, Europe and the United States. Where: Southland Musicians Club, 33 Preston, Invercargill […]
Christmas Pantomime
OPERATUNITY’S Christmas pantomime returns with a new twist on Cinderella. With jokes, repartee, great singing, madcap antics, overacting and slapstick humour, it is sure to please and encourage silliness and escapism. Does Cinderella get her prince? Or do all attempts get foiled by the naughtiness of the ugly sisters, played by Bonaventure Allan-Moetaua and Karl […]