South Alive Invercargill

South Alive Invercargill Welcome to our page dedicated to keeping you up to date with what's going on in and around south Invercargill through South Alive.

The South Alive project is a community led development initiative, established in 2012, working to rejuvenate and build pride in South Invercargill. We’ve set up this page to keep you in touch with what we’ll be doing in and around south Invercargill to rebuild and rejuvenate our part of paradise. Our goal is to see south Invercargill and its residents aim higher, reach further, and identify ways

of making real, lasting improvements for all. We want a strong, inclusive, co-operative community that can work together and embrace everything that's positive about our people and environs. Our potential is huge and with your help and support we're committed to bringing out the best of south Invercargill. We’re mainly comprised of a large and passionate team of local people who have volunteered their time and expertise to help create a community focused on building relationships, improving facilities and coming up with strategies to create a better place both now and for future generations. The group is continually growing as more and more people are getting on board, pledging support and doing their bit to help out. Currently, 40% of Invercargill’s population live within our boundaries. That means we are not only responsible for building a reputation for and improving the appearance of a large chunk of our city, we are also a voice of 20,000. So we’d love to hear from you and get your thoughts on what we can do to make south Invercargill everything it can be. From here on you’ll see and hear more about us as we set about the task at hand. ‘Like’ this page if you want to keep up to date with our progress, are a former resident or even if you just feel some affinity with the south. We don’t mind if you don’t live here as we hope our successes will help build a stronger city and region, and we'd like to think this is a programme everyone will get behind and support. We are always looking for people wanting to pitch in and help out and we know there are loads of great ideas out there just waiting to be heard. We’ve got a great platform to work from as there are already so many positive aspects and opportunities down here we can take advantage of and build upon. So let’s get stuck in and help bring the South Alive!

Have you check out our Ideas Wall in The Pantry Invercargill yet? We are looking for your ideas for improving South Inve...
21/10/2025

Have you check out our Ideas Wall in The Pantry Invercargill yet? We are looking for your ideas for improving South Invercargill. Pop down and see what others have suggested and add your own ideas too.
If you can't make it in but still have some thoughts you want to share, you can fill in our survey here: https://s.surveyplanet.com/zlk49yj4

On our next radio show, we are having the lovely Ali Green from WasteNet Southland  join us, and we thought, why not let...
20/10/2025

On our next radio show, we are having the lovely Ali Green from WasteNet Southland join us, and we thought, why not let you guys come up with some questions for her!
Do you have some rubbish or recycling that you don't know what to do with? Take a picture and send it through and we will take them to Ali and found out what we can do with them 🗑♻
Tune in to Radio Southland 96.4FM on 10am, Saturday 1 November to hear the results or you can always catch up on our shows here: https://radiosouthland.org.nz/Programmes/Details.aspx?PID=7513e1cc-5ddd-4790-acd8-18727782fd69

This week on Stories From the South 🎙Courtney from South Alive chats with Stacey, Rangatahi Lead, and Shikana, Rangatahi...
19/10/2025

This week on Stories From the South 🎙
Courtney from South Alive chats with Stacey, Rangatahi Lead, and Shikana, Rangatahi Events Crew member, about the upcoming Youth Market happening on Saturday, 25 October!
Tune in to hear how Southland’s young people are stepping up, getting creative, and bringing the community together through this exciting rangatahi-led event.
Tune in here: https://player.accessmedia.nz/Player.aspx?eid=48838cb5-97aa-4a17-89d7-9cb1b5627a29

Last week, we teamed up with Kaimahi from Healthy Families, and held the third Rangatahi Cooking Class for the year, in ...
14/10/2025

Last week, we teamed up with Kaimahi from Healthy Families, and held the third Rangatahi Cooking Class for the year, in The Pantry kitchen!

9 keen teens came along and got stuck in, they made a beautiful veggie and noodle stirfry, followed by fruit and choccie dessert muffins 😋

They each took home a bag of utensils, ingredients, recipe cards, foraging maps and an electric frypan to continue the learning at home. We will be hosting more of these in 2026 - if your young people are keen to get on the waiting lists now, send an email to: [email protected] with their ages!

10/10/2025

TAHA TINANA 🌀

Today's theme as we look after our wellbeing for Mental Health Awareness Week is: taha tinana. This is about how your body feels & how you care for it.

Refueling your body helps you to feel mentally well. Sometimes your tinana might not be where you'd like it to be and this might be beyond your control. What's important is that you do what you can to nurture it.

You could get active, like us and our friends from Active Southland & Healthy Families Invercargill - who all got our bodies moving on the basketball court at South Alive 🏀

Walking is another great way to get active too, you could try the Estuary Track or one of the great bushwalks we are lucky to have in our community. ✨️



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Todays theme as we celebrate Mental Health Awareness week is TAHA HINENGARO Mental and Emotional - this is all about you...
08/10/2025

Todays theme as we celebrate Mental Health Awareness week is TAHA HINENGARO Mental and Emotional - this is all about your mind, heart, thoughts and feelings. Hinengaro is what you do to stimulate and refresh your mind so you can better cope with the ups and downs of life.
Learning something new is a great way to exercise your mind, boost motivation and provide a sense of achievement. Why not learn something new at one of our workshops like the Fruit Tree Grafting workshop this Saturday. You can learn a new skill and come away with a fruit tree plant that can hopefully also nourish you and your family in the future.

Time for another walk down memory lane as this time 10 years ago the South Invercargill Aurora Street Lights were turned...
08/10/2025

Time for another walk down memory lane as this time 10 years ago the South Invercargill Aurora Street Lights were turned on for the first time!
Read the original media article about the occasion here: https://tinyurl.com/South-Alive
What a massive achievement, and its great to see the continued strength of the community to keep improving South Invercargill. If you want to be part of South Alive's future you can share your ideas and be part of making them happen here...https://s.surveyplanet.com/zlk49yj4

The Aurora Australis can been seen every night in south city thanks to a new light show unveiled by South Alive.

07/10/2025

25.10.25 ☀️ we have a FULL house of Youth Stallholders, musicians + Youth Services. There will also be kai, games and activities!
See you there!

South Alive | 262 Ness St | 11am - 2pm Saturday Oct 25th xx

Our mission at South Alive is to build pride and wellbeing in South Invercargill – so Mental Health Awareness Week is pr...
06/10/2025

Our mission at South Alive is to build pride and wellbeing in South Invercargill – so Mental Health Awareness Week is pretty important to us and we have many ways to support your mental and overall wellbeing.
Mental Health Awareness Week runs from 6-12 October and this years theme is 'Top Up Together' – encouraging you to connect with others as you look to top up the different aspects of wellbeing.
So join us this week as we explore the different ways you can look after your wellbeing ...
starting with TAHA WHĀNAU – Family and Social - this is all about the people we care about who recharge us and make us feel like we belong. For those seeking more connection we have plenty of groups here you can join, like Tuesday knitting, or Waffling Wednesdays at The Pantry.

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262 Ness Street
Invercargill
9812

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 2pm
Tuesday 10am - 2pm
Wednesday 10am - 2pm
Thursday 10am - 2pm
Friday 10am - 2pm

Telephone

032186882

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