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...
Leo club a roaring success
THE southern-most Leo club roared into its 20th anniversary recently.
Based at James Hargest College (JHC), the community service club which aims at pupils in...
Southern legends in new Mecca display
SOUTHLAND is being represented and celebrated in Classic Motorcycle Mecca, with Burt Munro and Farm Jam exhibits to be features in the newly redeveloped...
Spreading the word
The Eliminate the Stigma show and shine car and motorbike event was held on Saturday with the conversation of mental health front and centre.
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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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Seven Deadly Stunts
WHAT drives someone to walk on broken glass, swallow fire or juggle a chainsaw? In Rollicking Entertainment’s Seven Deadly Stunts, real-life married couple David Ladderman and Lizzie Tollemache celebrate seven notorious stunts from carnival history, along with stories of how and why they exist. The couple put their bodies – and their marriage – on […]
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, […]
Repertory Invercargill presents: Central
DIRECTED by Jonathan Tucker, Central is a hugely entertaining comedy/drama that has Central Otago at its heart. Written while playwright Dave Armstrong was on a “Wild Creations” residency at Bannockburn, Central combines a human story of love, greed and ambition with contemporary issues of conservation and landscape. Where: Repertory House, Invercargill When: November 27-December 1 Tickets: Book […]
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 […]
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, […]
Ballet: Russian Triple Bill
THE Imperial Russian Ballet Company returns to Invercargill with A Russian Triple Bill. This impressive and diverse programme consists of the fairy tale spectacular of Princess Aurora’s wedding from Sleeping Beauty in Act 1, the romantic Les Sylphides in Act 2 and the electrifying Carmen in Act 3. Where: Civic Theatre, Invercargill When: Sunday, November […]