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Charles rocks the R & B world of Jay'Ed

Japanese R & B singer Jay'Ed meets Charles the tuatara at the Southland Museum. Jay'Ed was the guest of Museum Trust chairman Councillor Darren Ludlow and tuatara curator Lindsay Hazley. The Invercargill-born singer is making a documentary for Japanese TV about the land he left at the tender age of two.

       Picture: Diane MorriS
 

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AERIAL MAP SERVICE: The Council's free online aerial map service shows property boundaries superimposed on aerial pictures of the city. Many other maps are offered at this link, including street maps, planning maps, bus route maps, a map of Queens Park and many others.

BUILDING
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The latest edition of Building Sector News is available here. And the latest edition of the Homeowner's Building Guide is available online now (it's a 6.7MB download).

BUSES: Timetables and routes (includes school bus information)

CEMETERY SEARCH ONLINE: Burial records for the four Invercargill and Bluff cemeteries and the Southland Crematorium are available online.

COUNCIL JOBS?
are advertised online when they become available - and you can apply online too, if that suits! The Employment section also has advice about jobs and some handy links.

ENTERTAINMENT: Check the Entertainment section for details of quality shows heading to Invercargill.

PLANS and PLANNING: Click for the District Plan, the Environmental Iwi Management Plan and the Review of the Regional Policy Statement for Southland and Southland District Council District Plan.

PROPERTY/RATES SEARCH: Search the ratings valuations for properties here. Details of the new rates that will apply for the 2009-2010 rating year are now available. NOTE: Next rates payment due by December 17.

WEATHER from MetService and the ICC Weather Station:
Invercargill | Gore | Bluff tides | Foveaux Strait | Five-day brief forecast
ICC Weather Station (updated every 15 minutes)

Council forms: building consents, LIMs
Online request for service form - contact us now for fast attention!
Parks and reserves...


Other Council business

Contact your councillors

Council meetings 2009

Council tenders

Funding, scholarships

Waste management

Youth Council

Checkpoints

The Mayor writes
Know how to handle an oil
boom?  A Norwegian would
(Southland Times)

Our winning ways
(Southland Express)


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City Santa Parade
This year's Invercargill Santa Parade starts at 2pm on Saturday, November 28 (postponement date Sunday November 29). All proceeds from the parade collection go to Barnardos Southland. 

Burt Munro Challenge
This month's Burt Munro Challenge is one of the major events on the motorcycling calendar. The programme:

BLUFF HILL CLIMB
Thursday, November 26, from 11am, Flagstaff Road, Bluff

CHALLENGE RALLY
Friday, November 27 to Sunday, November 29, Oreti Park, Dunns Road, Otatara, Invercargill

CHALLENGE BEACH RACING
Friday, November 27, from 5pm.
Oreti Beach, Otatara, Invercargill

TERETONGA SPRINT RACES
Saturday, November 28 from 9am to 4.30pm Teretonga Raceway, Invercargill

SPEEDWAY SPECTACULAR
Saturday, November 28 from 5pm, Oreti Park Speedway, Pitt Road, Invercargill

WYNDHAM STREET RACING
Sunday, November 29, from 10am, Wyndham (about 45km east of Invercargill)
* Burt Munro Challenge website

Election count-down
The 2010 Local Body Elections will be held throughout New Zealand on Saturday, October 9. Check the timetable.


Splash Palace will be closed from December 7 to December 18 for building maintenance.  Bookings will still be taken for swimming lessons. Meanwhile Splash Palace has finalised its holiday swim school programme. Visit www.splashpalace.co.nz for all the details.


Civil Defence has developed plans for home, school and work. It's easy to be prepared: just follow the life-saving information here. Also, there's plenty of good local information at the web home of the Southland Civil Defence Emergency Management Group.