Council

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

Which of the existing Invercargill City Councillors will you be voting back on? Where do existing Invercargill City Councillors currently stand on joining the Communities 4 Local Democracy Group (Three Waters Protest group of 31 other councils): Those in favour to join: Peter Kett Allan Arnold Nigel

The numbers of people using Splash Palace in Invercargill has gone down almost 200,000 over the past five years. A report to the Infrastructure Services Committee today showed that numbers have declined in 2021-22 to just 250,000, compared to 400,000+ pre Covid. The facility was closed through June