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Environment Southland has pocketed $30 million by selling down its stake in South Port NZ, dropping from a 66% shareholding to 52% — still the majority owner, but with a lot more cash to spread around. The regional council offloaded 3,750,000 shares in the port company on Thursday, with

Four million dollars into a $21 million repair budget, and not a single fix has been made to Invercargill's crumbling civic headquarters. The Civic Building on Esk Street — several decades old and struggling with water ingress, failing heating and cooling systems, and outdated electrics — shed 167 of its

Invercargill's rules around residential development are changing — and from this Friday, they'll be locked in for good. Plan Change 2: Housing and Code of Practice becomes fully operative on October 2, rewriting parts of the Invercargill City District Plan to allow greater density and a wider

Invercargill City Council is consulting on parking changes at four locations — the Museum of Southland, Wachner Place, Esk Street West, and Stirling Point in Bluff — along with a structural overhaul of how parking rules are written and updated. Consultation opened Wednesday September 23 and runs until 5pm Sunday October 25.

A petition with more than 3,200 signatures landed on the Gore District Council's table last week, and it signals how charged the debate over flood risk on the Mataura River has become. The signatures were gathered by farming advocacy group Groundswell NZ, which is fighting requirements in

Despite all of the new employment opportunities coming to Southland, Infometrics predicts a slowing down of population growth in the south. Infometrics principal economist Nick Brunsdon delivered a presentation to the Risk and Assurance Committee on Long Term Plan assumptions. But Invercargill Mayor Tom Campbell didn't want to

The Museum of Southland will be free to enter for everyone — no door charge, no tiered pricing for out-of-towners. Invercargill City Council's Community and Regulatory Committee settled the question at its meeting today, landing on free general admission after crunching the numbers on what a ticket fee would

Increased numbers of nuisance dogs has resulted in the Invercargill City dog control team having to rethink its strategies. Group manager - consenting and environment Jonathan Shaw told the Community and Regulatory Committee on Tuesday that the increase in nuisance dogs was something they needed to be resolved - but