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A mix of opinion and humour. Note: Due to multi voting and poll manipulation by someone Ria Bond has been disqualified between 10:32 – 10:48am Ria got 100’s of votes from 31 votes yesterday. As expected the mainstream media made a big hoo ha about Marcus Lush standing for mayor and then Stuff’d ran

Now that nominations have closed and all those wanting to throw their hat in the ring for the Invercargill City Mayoralty have done so. We want to know who you would like to see as the next Mayor of Invercargill City. Note: Just like the voting papers the candidates names are randomised. Poll closes

Nominations for Southland District Council and its nine community boards have poured in the door today, in time for closing at 12 noon. Council deputy electoral officer Robyn Rout said she was really pleased with the final numbers of nominations, after some concerns earlier in the week that there wo

Invercargill City Councillor Ian Pottinger is in Christchurch hospital recovering after surgery to remove pressure from a brain bleed. Ian had been suffering from headaches the previous week and went to his doctor who arranged a CT scan, which then lead to him being helicoptered to Christchurch last

Like tens of thousands of New Zealanders, the Taxpayers’ Union submitted to the Finance and Expenditure Select Committee on Three Waters (Water Services Entities Bill). With the Union’s submission was a bombshell legal opinion. Ministers have repeated assurances that councils will continue to own wa

This poll we asked which existing Invercargill City Councillors (who are not standing for mayor) will you be re-electing to the council table. Again in this poll just like the Mayoral snap poll Rebecca Amundsen isn’t getting any cut through, second last just ahead of Lesley Soper. You would think wi

This afternoon Invercargill City Councillor Ian Pottinger put out a media release confirming speculation that he would drop out of the mayoral race and focus on being re-elected to council. This follows another mayoral candidate Rebecca Amunsden today announcing the same, to drop her mayoral aspirat

Invercargill City Councillor Rebecca Amundsen has pulled out of the Mayoralty race following two bad results in the ‘What’s on Invers’ polls asking the public who they were likely to vote for. The first poll on August 1 asked people who they wanted as Mayor, and Amundsen came in last. This was follo