Councils

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

Museum of Southland is on track to have its building completed by the end of September, with the project team now setting October 1, 2027 as the target date for full completion, with an opening date to follow. That means not just bricks and glass, but exhibitions installed, staff trained,

The resource consent for the Datagrid Hyperscale Data Centre at Makarewa will not be reviewed. An independent hearing commissioner made that call on September 4, rejecting a request from the Southland Sustainable Resources Coalition to scrutinise the consent conditions under section 128 of the Resource Management Act. SSRC's

The Invercargill Transfer Station's outgoing weighbridge is being replaced, and for the next month, getting to the tip will take a little longer than usual. Work begins Thursday September 10 and is expected to run for about a month. The weighbridge — more than 30 years old and well

Part of Queens Park remains closed after yesterday's strong winds caused damage to the area around the Band Rotunda. Invercargill City Council has shut Coronation Avenue between the Peter Pan statue and the Band Rotunda, as well as the pathway from the Duck Pond Bridge to the Band

Ian Pottinger called the mayor's answer a "soliloquy". Tom Campbell called his behaviour "rude". Another Tuesday, another clash at Invercargill City Council. The six-term councillor clashed with Mayor Campbell during a full council meeting on Tuesday — the third time Pottinger has butted heads with

Invercargill won't be getting a Māori ward. Councillors voted against it this week, and the push from local iwi to leave things as they are made it an easy call. Council manager Michael Morris told the meeting that feedback from Te Rūnaka o Awarua and Waihōpai Rūnaka was