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mahi Issue 5
8 June 2018
Get ready to celebrate Matariki!
The Invercargill City Council is delighted to be hosting the Invercargill
Matariki Festival on Saturday, 7 July.
THE Festival will be held on Esk
Street, between Dee and Kelvin
Streets.
This year the Festival has grown
so in addition to the craft market,
live music, weaving workshops and
poi making workshops, musician
and song writer Jerome Kavanagh
will hold two Taonga puoro work-
shops for whanau and the commu-
nity.
Taonga puoro are the traditional
musical instruments of Maori. In
his workshops Jerome shares his
collection of Taonga puoro, their
sounds and stories to create an un- a koauau (traditional flute) or a originally from Invercargill. Gavin
forgettable experience for all ages. porotiti (spinning disc). will be at Whitcoulls on Esk Street at
It’s a great way for whanau and the Also new for Invercargill’s 3pm, on Thursday, 14 June, signing
community to spend time together Matariki celebrations this year is his books Counting the Stars and
learning about these ancient treas- the opportunity to meet and have Aotearoa. Get your favourite Gavin
ures handed down. a book signed by author and Bishop book signed — and meet the
Workshop participants will create illustrator Gavin Bishop, who is award-winning children’s author!
Children’s art project for Matariki
TAWHIRIMATEA’S Eye Kits are Make sure to return your entry slip
now available to pick up from the with your name and contact num-
Invercargill Public Library or from ber to go into the draw for a great
Whitcoulls on Esk Street. prize pack — and join us for the
Make Tawhirimatea’s Eye and Matariki Festival in Esk Street, Sat-
return them to the Library no urday, 7 July from 10am to 4pm!
later than 30 June to see your art Limit two kits per person.
decorating a shop window in the
inner-city.
mahi
Roading in brief
Footpath renewals Ice warning
FOOTPATH renewal projects continuing around INVERCARGILL roads are affected by ice and it’s
the city continue this month in Lindisfarne Street, not always obvious. Drive to the conditions when
Racecourse Road, Oreti Street and Bowmont you know ice will be about and when the tempera-
Street. ture is cold and below zero. In the mornings, after
some light rain, it can freeze as daylight breaks
and this creates a potentially
dangerous situation.
Frost alert
Remember, the faster you go,
WE have been responding to the recent frosty the harder it is to stop!
conditions with some grit being placed in black
spots around the city - and of course we will need
to sweep it up again! Information from the public
and Police helps us identify spots where ice can
occur. Tall trees and hedges often cause shading
so people are encouraged to think about whether
something on their property impacts on road users.
Lunch with Russell
Roading Manager Russell Pearson reports on his
initiative to eat his lunch at the café in South City and
invite members of the public to join him to talk about
roading issues.
MY visit to South City on the Stop signs. We discussed how we
coldest day possible had one per- decide which road control meas-
son (who travelled especially) to ure is needed, and the ongoing
discuss the new speed bump we need to check these as some-
have installed at the intersection times the trees and fences change
of Kelvin and Gala Streets. over time.
We had a wide-ranging discussion We weren’t always in agreement
on lots of topics about Invercargill but it was very interesting! Hope-
and Southland roads; and impor- fully next Tuesday will be a better
tantly she had concerns about day weather-wise and I’ll see two
intersection control, Give Way and visitors!!
8 June 2018
Library refurbishment
Thank you for your patience while the refurbishment
project is underway.
AT present we are moving collections from Adults’ Services across to
Children’s Services and contractors are starting to lay new carpet tiles
in Information Services. Once completed, the collections will start to
be moved back to Information Services.
Stage 2 starts on 15 June.
• Access to Adults’ Services will be closed from 17 June. What
• Library will be closed to the public on Sunday 17 June and Monday
18 June to allow for removal of tiles on the ground floor. makes us a
• The library will be open to the public on Tuesday 19 June with foyer
access restricted and some noise as work is completed. Access will
be from Dee Street.
Southlander?
THE Community Development
Team is developing a picture of what
being a Southlander means. What
DEE STREET
makes you a Southlander?
Latest ideas for the kete: breaking
ice on puddles, eating swede.
• Access from the Leven Street Car Park building is not available on
Funding
the ground floor – use the first floor if accessing Information Services.
Use the lane between the Railway Hotel and Leven Street Car Park reminder
building to enter via Dee Street.
• The returns slot will be on the Children’s side of the foyer. THE last opportunity for this finan-
• Non-fiction and Biographies will be upstairs in Information Services. cial year to apply for funding for arts
• Please ask staff if you require any assistance. and culture, and physical activity
and play projects, closes at noon on
All updates about changes will be available on the Library website;
Friday 15 June. Application forms
www.ilibrary.co.nz/library-refurbishment/ or
and guidelines are available at
www.facebook.com/invlibrary/ and notices in the library. www.icc.govt.nz/community/
funding-awards-grants/ or phone
03 211 1669 to discuss your ideas.
mahi 8 June 2018
Bouquet for Bluff staff
ICC’s Bluff Service Centre staff have received high praise in an
email from a senior Kiwibank employee, who was in the town
for the Bluff Oyster Festival. Well done to Nicola
Allan and the team.
Hi,
ter
fortunate to get down to the Bluff Oys
Meaning to drop you a wee note – I was Whilst
t day retired to a local bar to warm up.
Festival on Saturday and later on tha
there, I got chatting to others and
as you do share workplaces in convers
ation etc
‘Dark Shot’
etc.
One of the couples we spoke to had a
need to pop into the local Post/Kiwib
ank store
who
Dark Skies
received… sorry no name but was a lady
and were raving about the service they
served them and she was fantastical
ly friendly, professional and caring. The
customers
Saturday
photo
of the outage those customers had on
were primarily BNZ and were victims
but also had a Kiwibank savings accoun
ts and needed to pop in and withdraw
… anyway great to hear stories like tha
some
t when
competition
cash… the festival venue was cash only about
of little old N.Z. and the couple talked
I was so far from home at the bottom TO SHOWCASE Southland’s ex-
impression made on them.
potentially switching banks… what an traordinary night skies, photogra-
Bluff store staff and wanted to share.
Please pass on the appreciation for the phers are invited to submit their
best Southland night sky images.
Thanks, Matt.
A selection of the best of these will
be exhibited during the Matariki
Festival and the overall winner will
receive flights and a night’s accom-
modation to the land of the glowing
skies – Rakiura/ Stewart Island.
The winner will stay at the luxuri-
ous Observation Rock Lodge, (with
its panoramic views across Pater-
son Inlet) as well as a Kiwi spotting
experience.
For more information on how to
enter, email amie@venturesouth-
land.co.nz.
Entries must be submitted in
digital form by 22 June 2018.
The overall winner will be
MAYOR Tim Shadbolt welcomes Sofia Lina, a new citizen to Invercargill. The announced during the ‘Seeing
members of the Lina family were among the 30 people who received their NZ Stars’ evening event on
Citizenship during a ceremony in the Council Chambers on Tuesday 5 June. Wednesday, 4 July, 2018.
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