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Councillors Keeping Quiet Over Governance Issues
Councillors Keeping Quiet Over Governance Issues
Council   -   Sep 03, 2020

Mayor Tim Shadbolt has spoken up and wants the whistle blowers regarding council’s ongoing issues to come forward. But nobody is saying boo, and when he suggested last week ‘in-committee’ that independent members of the audit and risk committee urgently interview staff and councillors to find out wh

Spotlight On Council From DIA and Minister For Local Government
Spotlight On Council From DIA and Minister For Local Government
Council   -   Aug 26, 2020

The Minister for local Government and the Department of Internal Affairs are both now involved in the Invercargill City Council issues. Following a public excluded meeting yesterday, the council released details around the decisions made, which included appointing an independent governance expert –

ICC Helps Heritage Building Owners Secure Govt funding
ICC Helps Heritage Building Owners Secure Govt funding
Council   -   Aug 18, 2020

Ensuring our city centre’s heritage buildings are safe just became a little less costly for some building owners, thanks to government funding secured with support from Invercargill City Council. Associate Minister for Arts, Culture, and Heritage Grant Robertson earlier this week announced more than

Gala Street Fountains to Turn Yellow for Daffodil Day
Gala Street Fountains to Turn Yellow for Daffodil Day
Council   -   Aug 18, 2020

To mark 30 years of Cancer Society’s Daffodil day, the Queens Park Gala Street Fountains will be coloured a shade of yellow for a week from Monday, August 24. This is the first time the fountains have been used to highlight an event like this. Invercargill City Council Parks Performance Manager Zeal

Council Meeting Provides Drama As Accusations Fly
Council Meeting Provides Drama As Accusations Fly
Council   -   Aug 06, 2020

Invercargill City councilor Nobby Clark has been moved off the Sport and Recreation Oversight Group after refusing to sign the non-disclosure agreement by council. But the drama doesn’t stop there. During committee meetings yesterday, deputy Mayor Toni Biddle accused the chief executive of being non

Rat Sneaks In, kills 30-year-old Tuatara At Southland Museum
Rat Sneaks In, kills 30-year-old Tuatara At Southland Museum
Council   -   Jul 25, 2020

The Invercargill City Council is ramping up its pest control efforts at the Southland Museum and Art Gallery after two incidents in recent weeks. New measures include trapping in Queens Park in the immediate area surrounding the museum and traps being installed throughout the museum facility, while

Big Discussion On Museum Project Today
Big Discussion On Museum Project Today
Council   -   Jul 08, 2020

Deputy Mayor Toni Biddle admits she has “unashamedly” lobbied her fellow Invercargill city councillors to back her motion fast tracking options for the Southland Museum. Her colleagues will decide today at council’s Infrastructure Committee meeting whether to put pressure on the ICC – asking for all

Pyramid Bridge to Open Ahead Time and Under Budget (watch Video)
Pyramid Bridge to Open Ahead Time and Under Budget (watch Video)
Council   -   Jun 26, 2020

Watch the timelapse video below of the bridge construction. The new Pyramid bridge across the Mataura River will be officially opened at a ceremony on Friday 26 June 2020. The new bridge opens ahead of schedule and more than $2 million under the initial budget in what has been a remarkable project c

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