Talk:Invercargill

Vandalism warning

I know nothing about Invercargill and do not want to edit this page. I notice that it has received many edits by Swollib, who at about the same time was elsewhere perpetrating both blatant vandalism and more insidious vandalism, always with innocuous edit summaries. Please check the accuracy of what's in this page. Thanks. -- Hoary 06:32, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

Thanks. There has been additions to the "schools" section, but it seems OK. I don't know much about the schools in Invercargill, though. Wallie 12:49, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

All the schools are real. Evil Monkey∴Hello 20:30, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

the primary schools section is probably unnesessary...maybe something about landmarks would be better—Preceding unsigned comment added by 222.155.89.153 (talk • contribs) (11 july 2006)

Famous Invercargillites

I suggest that this list be limited to people who have a Wikipedia article about them ie, no red-linked names should be allowed. This is the criteria we use for lists of alumni of various schools, people born on each day of the year, etc. Alternatively, we could simply link to Category:People from Invercargill. This would remove the duplication, but the list does allow for a brief explanation of why the person is notable, which may be helpful to readers.-gadfium 22:23, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Agree, on just linking to people with real articles option. - SimonLyall 22:51, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Pictures

I have replaced the picture of the water tower with one that shows the tower more clearly. Perhaps instead of the tower, a picture of Invercargill City would be more appropriate? I have a picture of the main CBD here: http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/1171/img2438nw3.jpg Willuknight 04:01, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

That picture would be most welcome. There's room for more than one photo in the article.-gadfium 04:06, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

I would also like to add this url to the external links. It contains 25+ photos of Invercargill City, relevant for people who would like to know what the city is like. If this link is not appropriate for wikipedia, is there a format in which pictures of locations can be linked to? Willuknight 04:09, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

The problem with external photo sites is that there are probably hundreds of them for any given location with a tourist industry. I certainly don't want to have so many external links in the article, and I also don't want to be in the position of saying to a contributor that we won't take their photo site but we take someone else's, because I think the other photos are better. If you readd this url, I won't remove it again, but someone else might.-gadfium 04:14, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Good point. I do feel that visitors having access to pictures of a locational wikipage (such as invercargill) is both informative and useful. It's true what you say about multible photosites, but i'd rather have something that is contested, then nothing at all. Perhaps if someone finds a gallery that represents invercargill better, they could discuss it on this talk page, and other people can decide. Until then, I'd prefer to have at least something available to readers. My preference for the zoomer link, is that this link shows all photos within Xdistance of Central Invercargill, and gives sattelite and street map location information. Willuknight 04:22, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

that picture is horrible (no offence). That has to be the most hideos street in the entire city =/ Perhaps a pic of the Museam?

i don't really like the picture either, but its better then the one before. Should i replace the picture with this? Willuknight 22:22, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Don't replace it but put it in as well, Invercargill has some cool buildings/sights (Museum, Andersons park, some of the buildings in the cresent, the round about at the corner of dee and tay, queens park botanical gardens, first church, that umbrella thing, Railway Hotel) if you've got a camera and live in Invers go round town and take some photos (try for a decent shot of the water tower too) and add them to the page as well.Mr Bungle 08:38, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

I have already taken pictures of most of these things, here and i could easily add them to the article, however i think that having more then 2 images would be overkill. While these may be interesting and relevant, this is not an image gallery. How about i add the link to these images in external links (like i wanted to do at first) and then i include an additional image into the main article? Feedback requested. Willuknight 07:39, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Seeing as no one has mentioned anything, i will readd the url to local photos to the page. Willuknight 22:34, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

The page could handle 4-5 pictures, look at Dunedin, Christchurch, Auckland just make them smallish and organise them throughout the page (the intro is too long and needs to be spilt up, pictures could then be added beside relevant text) Mr Bungle 11:36, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

I plan to make a trip out to queens park, and take some photos of that plus the musuem, so one of those could go there i suppose. Does anyone have advice about what pictures would be good to include in the article ? I agree that the water tower picture doesn't really fit.Willuknight 10:35, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Cnr of Esk and Dee Streets, looking up Esk st, one of the main shopping streets of Invercargill.

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Wachner Place, from Dee St, is the main city square and is a central gathering point.

Willuknight 10:50, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Landmarks

I would like to include a section about Invercargill Landmarks. Willuknight 22:41, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

• Southland Musuem (Distinctive Pyramid shape)
• Large Umbrella Sculpture on Don St
• Invercargill Water Tower on Leet St
• Wachner Place square on Dee St
• Anderson House
• St Paul Catholic Church's Bastion

Map

I've put a new map showing the Territorial Authority rather than the old one... The new map only shows the South Island, however... Any objections?

Looks good.-gadfium 22:58, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Yeah i noticed that. I think the old one was better in terms of giving context of New Zealand. Better for overseas visitors? What do other city pages use?Willuknight 10:51, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

someone replace the water tower pic

Maybe with a nice one of it taken from Queens Park or something. On an unrelated note perhaps mention should be given to the tour of Southland, considering the SBS invitational gets a mention (I guess if you're a golfer you'd know it but it's not commonly known like the Tour of Southland is). I don't know enough about either to write something about it though —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 125.238.10.88 (talk) 14:51, 9 April 2007 (UTC).

"R is pronounced as a rolling burr"

Sorry, but I've been there, and it's not. The only difference is that the people there pronounce the two "r"s in a word such as "farmer", instead of pronouncing it "fahmah". They don't roll them though. See rhoticism.--MacRusgail 17:15, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

You may be right MacRusgail, but depending on which Southlanders you talk to in places like Waianiwa, Fortrose, and Lumsden, they can sound as they are rolling their RRRRs. Compared with othah New Zealandahs they sound like they doany way. 203.89.165.226 09:41, 18 August 2007 (UTC) Zootland

I agree with the above statement, having moved down here from Auckland many years ago. Not really any R rolling until you get out into the Southern Sticks - Lenny of Invercargill.

Education =

This seriously needs updating, by someone. To include: - Southern Institute of Technology http://www.sit.ac.nz/ which at last count offered about 14 Bachelor's degrees

and there is also

the Southland Campus of the College of Education here as well http://www.otago.ac.nz/education/southland/index.html that offers various Education degrees.

pronounciation

Hey! How to pronounce the name of the city?--125.237.47.197 (talk) 23:12, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

"Inver", as in "Inverness"; "car", as in motor vehicle; and "gill", as in the breathing apparatus of a fish. Slight emphasis on the first and third syllables. Daveosaurus (talk) 10:35, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

Real People

Suzanne Prentice should be on the list,there are All Blacks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.74.41.107 (talk) 10:21, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

Looking at the article history it seems her name got removed in error during cleaning up of some vandalism so I have re-added it. Daveosaurus (talk) 10:57, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

Refs

Note -- a great deal of this article lacks refs, and should have them, per wp:v.--Epeefleche (talk) 22:46, 2 November 2013 (UTC)

Add fahrenheit temps

74.60.161.158 (talk) 01:57, 2 June 2015 (UTC)

Y Done. Mattinbgn (talk) 02:07, 2 June 2015 (UTC)

List of Primary Schools - for deletion ?

There has been a list of Primary Schools in this article since 2005. The list has grown over time, but the article now also includes a link to a separate list article showing all schools in the Southland region. I have matched the list in this article against the separate list article, and there is now only one school that would need adding to the separate list article: Westmount School.

It is hard to see that the current list adds value for the reader when there is a separate list article that contains more detail (and has at least some citations). The duplication is hard to justify, and the current list is tedious for the reader of this article. I propose the list in this article should be deleted, leaving only a summary sentence or two and the link to the separate list article._Marshelec (talk) 06:42, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

Usually, schools are included in the appropriate town or suburb article. For example, Grasmere, New Zealand#Education includes brief histories of the three schools listed there, which could be expanded by anyone interested in the area. I see little value in also listing them in this city article.-Gadfium (talk) 06:55, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

Good point. Looking at another example, Waikiwi, describes several schools on the current list._Marshelec (talk) 07:01, 1 May 2025 (UTC)