What to do and see in Invercargill, South Island: The Best Shopping

Toottoot.co.nz is a model railway retailer located in Invercargill, New Zealand. We retail products from the following brands: Marklin, Trix, LGB, Roco, Fleischmann, Kato, Faller, Pola, Noch, Auhagen, Vollmer, Kibri, Viessmann, ESU Loksound, PECO, Bachman Branchline, Busch and others. We offer a full range of locomotives, rolling stock and scenic items.

This wonderful Shop has been created to offer those an enjoyable and easy shopping experience, especially for those busy woman out there with families and careers who often don’t get a lot of time to shop. Simply Special offers you both an online store and a Beautiful Boutique in the heart of Invercargill you can visit for a relaxing browse.

Our concept store offers a wide range of our chocolates and truffles and the finest of coffee and food. All baked in our premises using fresh local ingredients where ever possible, our food has a seriously good reputation.

Located in one of Invercargill heritage buildings, this former Public Trust building is now a contemporary gallery. The City Gallery is regularly updated with a diverse programme of locally and nationally source exhibitions enriching the art culture in the South.

We stock beautiful handcrafted baby shearling jackets, vests, bags, neck wraps, scarfs, gloves etc for adults and children. Baby booties etc just to name a few.

Local Fruit and Vege Growers, Local Artisan Food Producers, and Local Craftspeople gather together every Sunday morning from 9.30 to 1.30, rain, hail or shine. A great place for lunch. We have several Asian foodstalls as well as typical Kiwi fare. We are indoors if the weather is wet or windy, otherwise we are outside in the carpark of the spectacularly beautiful Southland Masonic Centre. Built in 1926, with a magnificent interior and exterior, it is freestanding and sits in an elevated position. Constructed in Brick and Concrete the buildings restrained facade includes a plain parapet and cornice atop some bold fluted doric columns. The lodge by its siting and architectural splendour is a highly significant building and is Listed as a category 1 Historic Place.

Gregory McDonald (Chiaroni) a Southland born artist has re-opened Invercargill's original art gallery established by his great grandfather. Chiaroni Gallery continues the legacy begun in 1873 by Ambrogio Chiaroni Snr and his nephews Ambrogio jnr and Mansueto. The Chiaroni Gallery represents the finest of the established Southland artists, as well as the work of emerging artists.