The 2019 Alex Lindsay Memorial Scholarships have been awarded to Lewis Thomson and Brendan Peters from Invercargill. Brendan is studying towards his Bachelor of Music in Jazz Performance and Lewis is planning to continue his violin studies and achieve his ATCL. The Alex Lindsay Memorial Scholarship honours Alex Lindsay, a distinguished violinist, conductor, orchestra leader […]
Read More >ICC Labour Day Closing Hours
The Invercargill City Council administration building will close for Labour Day, Monday October 28 and reopens at 8am Tuesday, 29 October. For Council emergencies and urgent enquiries. Invercargill and Bluff. Telephone 211 1679 at any time.
Read More >Deputy Mayor, committee chairpersons announced
His Worship the Mayor Sir Tim Shadbolt has today announced his chosen Deputy Mayor and committee chairpersons for the new term, as he reflects on the recent election. “Despite the inadequacies of our postal services, there was a relatively high response by voters in this year’s Local Government elections in Invercargill,” Sir Tim said. “From […]
Read More >Final results for Invercargill local authority elections
Final election results announced today have confirmed there will be no changes to the Council table from the preliminary results. The final count shows Sir Tim Shadbolt secured 9,672 votes, while top-polling Council candidate Nobby Clark received 10,802 votes. Council Deputy Electoral Officer Michael Morris said final figures showed voter turnout was 53.01 per cent, […]
Read More >Invercargill’s Te Wharenui o Anehana gains heritage status
Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga has added Invercargill’s Te Wharepuni o Anehana to the New Zealand Heritage List as a Wāhi Tūpuna. The beautiful wharepuni was constructed in 1925 and was one of only three carved whare in the South Island in 1972, and the first whare in Te Wai Pounamu to be given wāhi […]
Read More >Preliminary results for Invercargill local authority elections
The Preliminary Results for the Invercargill Local Authority Elections were released on Sunday, 13 October. There are no changes to the elected members thus far. However, Special Votes are still yet to be counted. The Final results will be confirmed by Thursday, 17 October. If you are on a mobile device download the Preliminary results PDF […]
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