Visit, Shop & Explore

In the month of April 2025, the Invercargill City Centre plays host to a retail promotion called 'Visit, Shop & Explore'. Simply make a purchase at any of the participating businesses across the City Centre, fill in an entry form, and drop it in the entry box to go in the draw for a prize pool of $3,000 worth of vouchers! For full terms and conditions visit: Promotions Terms & Conditions

Visit, Shop & Explore April 2025 Poster

Prize Pool

The $3,000 prize pool has 7 major prizes up for grabs:

  • 1 x Winning Prize of $1,000.00 of Vouchers
  • 2 x Runner Up Prizes of $500.00 of Vouchers
  • 4 x Second Runner Up Prizes of $250.00 of Vouchers

Participating Businesses:

2degrees Mo:Mo Ghar
Advantage Tyre Solutions Mobile King
Ambrosia Florist
Apt Collections Modern Mens Barber
AR Indian Mr Rental
Ballantynes Select Nicchia Boutique
Bánh Mì Noodle Noodle
Barkers MAX Office Products Depot
Beauty & Beyond One NZ
Cartridge World Otto's Corner Store
Choices Flooring
Cotton On Mega Pagani
Devil Burger Pascoes
E Hayes and Sons Ltd Platypus
EB Games Postie
EFX Hair Re:Burger
Evolution Motorsport Reading Cinema
Farmers Resonate Health
Flawless Face & Beauty Retrobowl Limited
Flight Centre Sal's Pizza
Glassons Skechers
Hallenstein Brothers Skelts Jewellers
Health Down South Solve it and Escape
Holistic Health Southern Adventure
House of Travel Southern Mobility
Huffer Southland Business Chamber
Indian at The Crescent Spark 
Invercargill City Night n Day SPCA Op Shop
JB Hi-Fi Starbucks
Just Cuts Stirling Sports
K+K Fashions Sushi & Bento
Kelvin Hotel - Editor's Cut Tech Pro
KILT Clothing The Coffee Club
Labels The Cosmetic Clinic
Lanfy The U Shop
Les Sheikh Hair Design Threes and Sevens Records
Lovisa Tick Tech
Luxurious Spa & Nails Toba
Maher Shoes Outlet TRUE GRIT 
Majestic Unichem
McKnight & Brown voyant
McLeay Jewellers Whitcoulls 
Merchant 1948 Wing Wing Korean Street Food
Michael Hill Wrens
Miss Vintage Lighting Xplosiv Supplements
Mister Minit Yaks n Yetis

The 'Visit, Shop & Explore' promotion runs from Tuesday, 1 April to Wednesday, 30 April, with the prize draw occurring under police supervision on Tuesday, 6 May. Prize winners will be notified by phone call once the results have been confirmed.

This activation is brought to you by Great South and Invercargill City Council as part of the City Centre Activation Programme.

 

 

 

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