Local Advice
Practical advice and know-how from local businesses listed in the Explore Invercargill directory.
Local AdviceHunting on Stewart Island fromBlocks, Permits and Getting ThereStewart Island/Rakiura is home to wild white-tailed deer, and for many southern hunters a week on a coastal block is the trip of the year. It also takes more planning than most hunts: a permit system, a ferry or flight, a boat or plane to the block, and every bit of food and gear carried …Local AdviceInvercargill to Bluff for the Stewart Island FerryGetting There With Your Gear SortedTrips to Stewart Island/Rakiura usually start in Invercargill, and the first leg is the 30 kilometres down State Highway 1 to the ferry terminal at Bluff. It is a short drive, but it is the leg that tends to cause stress: a fixed sailing time, a check-in deadline, and often more gear than fits in …Local AdviceInvercargill to Queenstown Without a CarShuttles, Transfers and TimingInvercargill and Queenstown are only a couple of hours apart by road, but without a car the trip can look harder than it is. There is no direct flight, the national coach takes the long way round, and the regional options are easy to miss if you do not know they exist. Here is how …Local AdviceButter Chicken PizzaHow a Curry Ended Up on a New Zealand Pizza MenuOrder a butter chicken pizza in Rome and you will get a long look. Order one in Invercargill and nobody blinks. It sits on menus between the meat lover and the Hawaiian as though it has always been there, and for most New Zealanders under about forty, it has. It is worth asking how that …