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Invercargill City Council is seeking feedback from the public on its draft Long-term Plan for 2024-34, designed to direct the growth of Invercargill and Bluff through various projects, activities, and services for the coming ten years. The plan features several key proposals, including the museum’s

Invercargill City Mayor Nobby Clark is back to work as city Mayor today. “I’m feeling good and I’m ready to get back to work,” Mayor Clark said. “It’s been a long road to recovery – but I’m well rested and up for the challenges ahead.” Following Mayor Clark’s heart attack on December 27 and through

The speed bump proposed for the Yarrow Street intersection will no longer be installed after a majority of councillors from the Infrastructure Committee voted against it. Last month the committee agreed to push on with the important safety upgrade of the intersection, installing traffic lights to im

Emergency Management Southland is urging all residents within Bluecliffs to evacuate their properties by 4:00 PM on Friday, March 8. This measure is in preparation for the commencement of cleanup operations at the Bluecliffs dump site starting Saturday, March 9. Related: $1.35 million in Government

A new program, funded by the Central Government, aims to assist young people in rural Southland find employment. Launched in Riverton, Te Anau, and Winton, the initiative comes under the Mayors Taskforce for Jobs (MTFJ) Community Employment Programme, a collaboration between Local Government New Zea

Invercargill Mayor Nobby Clark is back walking 40 minutes a day and has been keeping an eye on council meetings from the comfort of his home. The heart surgery he went through recently was no straightforward operation, and there have been a few minor complications since, such as fluid on the lungs a

Dirty nappies and dead animals are all ending up in people’s recycled bins and WasteNet Southland is about to start an audit process to see what’s going on. According to data in a report to the Wastenet Advisory Group’s monthly meeting in Gore today, 16-17% of the recycled material is contaminated.

Traffic lights are well overdue for the corner of Lindisfarne and Yarrow Streets, according to residents living close to the intersection. Local submitting on the Invercargill City Council’s proposed upgrade say the corner is a hazard and has been an accident waiting to happen for years. The Inverca