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The Feldwick Gates at Queens Park, Invercargill, where the Rotary Family Halloween Party returns on Saturday. Photo: Bernard Spragg / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain

Rotary Halloween party returns to Queens Park after storm forced year off

The combined Invercargill Rotary Clubs' free Family Halloween Party is back at the Stumpery in Queens Park on Saturday 31 October after last year's event was cancelled because of storm damage to the park.

4 hours ago

The Southern Institute of Technology's main campus on Tay Street, Invercargill. Photo: Corey Fuimaono / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

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SIT Childcare marks 30 years with new all-weather outdoor space

3 days ago

The road bridge over the Mataura River at Mataura. Photo: Wildman NZ / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

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$4 million grant to finish Mataura Marae after 40 years of effort

4 days ago

Invercargill's railway station. The Great Little Train Show at Surrey Park brings together about 36 model layouts this Labour Weekend. Photo: itravelNZ / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0

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Record 36 layouts as Great Little Train Show marks 41 years

5 days ago

Tay Street, Invercargill, in 1966. The Y Southland, based on Tay Street, is marking 150 years in the city. Photo: Archives New Zealand / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0

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The Y Southland marks 150 years with portraits of the people who built it

The Y Southland turns 150 this month and is marking the milestone with 150 Faces of The Y, a free exhibition of community-nominated portraits opening at its Tay Street base on 16 October.

6 Oct 2026