REPORT & PHOTO: NINA TAPUOut-of-towners Hoa and Mark Davis get comfortable on the Invercargill Workingmen’s Club floor with their baby son, Emil for the Teddy Bear’s Picnic. They brought a blanket and joined about 150 other families who had come to enjoy free children’s games, face painting and a magic show. Invercargill Plunket moved the picnic to the Workingmen’s Club from the Queen’s Park Rotunda after wet conditions forced organisers to hold the long-standing event indoors. This was the first time in 14 years that the picnic had been relocated to an indoor venue. Invercargill Plunket community services co-ordinator Judy Cook said she was delighted by the turnout and was grateful to the volunteers from the Invercargill Public Library and Aurora College for their help.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 01, 2026 17:09 UTC