Bucket list rugby match a winner
THE Blair Vining Bucket List Rugby Game has been declared a huge success, after close to 4000 people attended the game and more than...
Fish in top condition
PLENTY of fishing tales were told at the Te Anau Club Fishing Competition last weekend.
The competition has been around for 27 years with 23...
Pupils willing to work
MORE than three-quarters of Southland high school pupils are eager to enter the workforce, or are already working, according to a Southland Youth Futures...
This week’s Express Wheels
Chevrolet C10 Pickup
Name: Doug Arthur
From: Invercargill
When and why did you acquire it? I had seen it on Trade Me three-and-a-half years ago and told...
Crowd numbers swell at 51st Te Anau Rodeo
MORE spectators than ever attended the 51st Te Anau Rodeo on December 30, with crowd numbers increasing by about 1800 on past years.
"It's great...
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Up & Coming Events
Cats
BASED on Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by TS Eliot, CATS is considered among the all-time favourites of musical theatre fans. The musical tells the story of a tribe of cats called the Jellicles and the night they make what is known as “the Jellicle choice”. This new production of the Andrew Lloyd Webber […]
Marlon Williams
TUI Award winner Marlon Williams (Album of the Year, Best Solo Artist and Best Video) brings his Turangawaewae Tour to Invercargill this summer. Performing songs from his number one New Zealand album Make Way For Love and more, Williams will play alongside his band and will be supported by exciting songwriting talent Emily Fairlight. Where: […]
The Manfreds
MANFRED Mann were considered one of the finest and most respected British Invasion groups of the 1960s. The band reformed as The Manfreds in 1991 featuring both original lead singers, Paul Jones and Mike D’Abo, plus Tom McGuinness (guitar) and Mike Hugg (drums and keyboard), and enlisting the talents of Marcus Cliff (bass), Simon Currie […]
Southland Buskers Festival
THE Southland Buskers Festival celebrates its tenth anniversary this year with a fantastic line-up of family-friendly, circus and street theatre shows. Full festival programmes will be inserted with the Invercargill City Council rates invoices this month. A PDF version is also available to download from www.venturesouthland.co.nz. Where: Queens Park, Esk St and at the Southern […]
Shakespeare in the Park
The Rude Mechanicals Revival WRITERS Jade Gillies and Carla Wilson have created The Rude Mechanicals Revival, which incorporates many of the best scenes from Shakespeare’s work. The Shakespeare in the Park Charitable Trust has presented the annual production since 2001 and it is produced by Venture Southland. Where: Queens Park, Invercargill When: February 13-16, open […]
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
THE New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (NZSO) will tour a new baroque music series this year. Directed by NZSO concertmaster Vesa-Matti Leppannen, Water Music will feature Handel’s and Telemann’s famous Water Music works. Sense the waves crashing and the current pushing you along in these two great works from the late Baroque period. Where: Civic Theatre, […]