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Blair Vining, 38, has bowel cancer and was given just weeks to live following his diagnosis in October last year. He has been ticked items off his bucket list and shared his journey with his 15,000 Facebook followers. One of those goals was starting a petition calling on the government to set up a N

The Minister of Finance received a request for an investigation under section 58 of the Charitable Trusts Act 1975 into the Community Trust of Southland, now Community Trust South concerning the actions of the trustees leading up to the resignation of John Prendergast in June 2017. In August 2018 th

On Saturday (29th June) evening another thing on Blair Vinings bucket list was ticked off, a 140,000 signature petition calling for the Government to help cancer sufferers get better support in NZ. The petition was presented to Southland-Clutha MP Hamish Walker. The function was attended by 650 gues

More than 300 people have had their say on the city block development investment proposal – have you had yours? The Invercargill City Council is currently in consultation with the community about whether it should invest up to $30million in the city block development. Council Strategy and Policy Man

This week Invercargill City Council held an extraordinary meeting to discuss and vote on the WasteNet advisory committee recommendations to dump SdE for another out of town contractor. Take our poll, the questions are: Will the way ICC councillors voted on the WasteNet recommendation to dump SdE for

Southland District Mayor Gary Tong and Gore District Mayor Tracy Hicks stand by the information they released yesterday on the WasteNet recycling tender process. They are disappointed by SdE chair Stephen O’Connor’s response today. “However, we are not going to engage in a tit-for-tat debate as we b

SdE has been concerned that a lot of misinformation has been circulating within the three Councils which to date SdE has refrained from addressing through the media. It is unfortunate that the joint statement by Southland District Mayor Gary Tong and Gore District Mayor Tracey Hicks has not provided

Southland District Mayor Gary Tong and Gore District Mayor Tracy Hicks have serious concerns about the tender process to award the contract for processing the region’s recycling following last night’s Invercargill City Council meeting. Their statement comes after Invercargill City Council Mayor Sir