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Invercargill City Council’s new mayor, Nobby Clark, wants his first official act to be one of thanks. The polls for the local government election 2022 closed on Saturday and preliminary results showed Clark was the clear winner of the mayoralty with 7260 votes, almost 3000 ahead of the next candidat

New Zealand’s youngest mayor is also the Gore District’s new mayor. Twenty-three-year-old tech entrepreneur Ben Bell was declared elected as Gore District Mayor today with 2,371 votes to incumbent Tracy Hicks’ 2,363 after special votes were counted. There will be five new faces when the Council meet

Invercargill ratepayers are coming to grips with a city without long-serving mayor Sir Tim Shadbolt at the helm. He was ousted by first-term councillor and deputy mayor Nobby Clark in a decisive victory that was announced less than two hours after polls closed. It was a win that nearly didn’t happen

When Nobby Clark realised he had won the Invercargill Mayoralty by a clear margin of more than 3000 votes, he said it was obvious people didn’t want a celebrity. But his new role leading a city of 57,000 people has automatically plunged the former deputy right into the spotlight.  When he heads into

Invercargill City Council’s preliminary election results have confirmed the position of new Mayor Nobby Clark and several returning and new Councillors. Polls for the local government elections closed at midday Saturday. Preliminary results delivered on Sunday afternoon, after a slight delay, confir

Related: Environment Southland Election Progress Results Gore Council Election Results Southland District Council 2022 triennial Elections Invercargill City Council Councillors Elected Progress Result The race for the Gore District Mayoralty is too close to call at the close of voting today. The pro

With approximately 90% of the votes counted, the race for Southland district’s mayoralty is too close to call. Incumbent Mayor Gary Tong leads by just 21 votes from Geoffrey Young, with Rob Scott a close third a further six votes back. Southland District Council governance legal manager Robyn Rout s

Invercargill city has elected its new Councillors for the next triennium. Polls closed at midday today in the local body elections across Aotearoa. Progress results delivered to Invercargill City Council today show sitting councillors Nigel Skelt, Darren Ludlow, Ian Pottinger and Allan Arnold will r