Invercargill’s new museum has been given a major funding boost, with Community Trust South confirming a multi-million dollar grant to the cause. The trust has committed $5 million to Project 1225, named to reflect the museum’s base rebuild deadline of December 2025. Project 1225 also includes the creation of a collection storage facility in Tisbury […]
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ILT gives further $500,000 for new museum
Invercargill’s new museum has been given another funding boost of $500,000 from ILT, bringing the organisation’s total funding commitment to $1 million. ILT Group originally announced funding support of $500,000 for the Invercargill City Council’s project to rebuild Invercargill’s museum in April, and this month announced its further support. The project, dubbed Project 1225 to […]
Read More >Wikitoria Room provides new space and place at theatre
The Civic Theatre is reimagining its spaces to provide better opportunities for both performers and audiences. The first floor of the Civic Theatre has always been home to a large reception room, which has now been transformed into a theatrette. Invercargill City Council venues manager Jason Wade said the space meant the grand old dame […]
Read More >Configure: HOME – “tender and delightful”
Configure: HOME has seen the space at He Waka Tuia on Don St transformed into a paeon of the female form and the rich, oft-forgotten inner life women both enjoy and endure. Configure: Home is the fourth in a series of exhibitions that began with a simple premise – to examine the relationships between feminist […]
Read More >Concept designs for Bluff Hill Motupōhue Active Recreational Precinct revealed
Mountain bike enthusiasts are invited to have their say about the Bluff Hill Motupōhue Active Recreational Precinct as concept designs are revealed. Wānaka-based mountain bike trail construction company Dirt Dynamics have come on board to design and build more than 10km of mountain bike and walking tracks on Bluff Hill Motupōhue. Last year, the project […]
Read More >Queens Park set to become construction site for new museum
The area around the current museum in Queens Park is about to look a bit different, as the establishment of a work site begins and Project 1225, the museum rebuild, progresses. Invercargill City Council has committed $39.4 million into Project 1225 to develop a new museum in Queens Park, a new home for the tuatara, […]
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