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Councillors Say Pottinger’s Comments Misleading
Councillors Say Pottinger’s Comments Misleading
News   -   Aug 11, 2025

Tension is building between Invercargill city councillors, with Grant Dermody and Tom Campbell accusing Ian Pottinger of being misleading and scaremongering in the build up to elections. Cr Pottinger is a mayoral candidate and spoke publicly on Friday last week about rumours the Bluff wastewater upgrade could cost ratepayers tens

Mayoral Candidate Website Material Has McCrone Banned From Great Debate
Mayoral Candidate Website Material Has McCrone Banned From Great Debate
News   -   Aug 07, 2025

Gordon McCrone – the media are eating you for breakfast. Pick up the phone. There are many ways we could describe the latest Invercargill mayoralty candidate – but the rest of the media have already done it for us. Other media have named his website but refused to link to it – aren’

Emergency Water Supply Decision Too Close To Elections
Emergency Water Supply Decision Too Close To Elections
Council   -   Aug 05, 2025

A decision to secure Invercargill’s emergency water supply as early as mid-2027 at a cost of $18 million was lost by a narrow margin yesterday. Seven councillors were against the motion put by Infrastructure and Projects Committee chair Grant Dermody, to crack on with the Awarua business case as

Southland Home Show Celebrates 30 Years This weekend
Southland Home Show Celebrates 30 Years This weekend
News   -   Aug 02, 2025

Southland’s iconic Home Show is back again this weekend, and to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the event they are cutting the entry fee.  Organiser George Owen has been involved since its inception and was looking forward to another successful two-day event at ILT Stadium Southland on August 2

Nobby Clark’s Younger Brother Standing For Mayor in Two Cities
Nobby Clark’s Younger Brother Standing For Mayor in Two Cities
News   -   Aug 02, 2025

A new surprise has turned up in the Invercargill Mayoralty race - but it has a twist. Nobby Clark’s brother is standing for Mayor in both the south and in Tasman, but under two different names. Andrew Clark turned up on the list of nominations this week, and placards

Tick Tock - Councillors Nervous About $1.98 Million Clock Price Tag
Tick Tock - Councillors Nervous About $1.98 Million Clock Price Tag
Council   -   Jul 31, 2025

Invercargill’s iconic town clock will now cost $1.98 million to completely restore and reclad, but it will be a sight to behold in Wachner Place. Question for Council’s chief engineer of infrastructure, Russell Pearson: Why didn’t you turn up with three quotes? Instead, you arrived with

Mana Whenua Review Left For Incoming Council
Mana Whenua Review Left For Incoming Council
Council   -   Jul 29, 2025

Mayor Nobby Clark has won support for leaving a review of its charter with mana whenua for the incoming council. At today’s council meeting, it was discussed that the review of the charter He Huarahi mō Ngā Uri Whakatupu was already 10 years old, and should be updated every

JB HI-FI Staff Get Wet Not Dry This July
JB HI-FI Staff Get Wet Not Dry This July
Community   -   Jul 26, 2025

Some people do ‘Dry July’ - Invercargill JB HI-FI has started a new trend- cold water plunging in the middle of winter instead. And it’s all in the name of mental health. Invercargill manager Tony Keay said the business supported six charity ‘Helping Hand’ partners including McKenzie’s gift

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