Councils

Invercargill Deputy Mayor Nobby Clark maintains the real issue with the Three Waters reforms is the fact the Government hasn’t withdrawn its co-governance model, despite now giving councils a non-financial shareholding. This effectively means that mana whenua (with a population base of 5%), would ha

The Stead Street Stopbank Upgrade will mark a project milestone next week as the road reopens to two lanes. It was hoped the road could be reopened to two lanes at the end of April but the impact of Covid-19 on the crews working on site has meant a delay on the reopening date. Invercargill […]

Invercargill City Council wants to hear the community’s views as its Annual Plan sees an adjustment from the Long-term Plan due to changes in the economic environment and new project work including City Streets Stage 2 and the Museum project. Consultation is now open on the Draft Annual Plan 2022/23

Mossburn residents are urged to conserve water immediately. This includes no washing of vehicles and no hosing or gardens or lawns, including hand held. One of the township’s two bores has run dry and the other is producing 4 litres per second. The town is using 4 litres a second and the reservoir i

Deputy Mayor Nobby Clark is not one to usually change his mind – but life is full of surprises. Come Friday, he won’t be signing off the job next to Sir Tim Shadbolt as planned, but carrying on life as usual. The Mayor was about to lose his fourth deputy in five years, but somehow […]

Mayor Sir Tim Shadbolt is about to lose his fourth deputy in five years, but Nobby Clark isn’t going anywhere. In fact, despite the thyroid condition which has affected his speech, he plans to be more vocal than ever, back being an Invercargill City councillor. Nobby’s last day as Deputy Mayor is ne

Southland District Council has prepared a draft Annual Plan for the coming financial year that continues the increased volume of infrastructure projects outlined in its Long Term Plan 2021- 2031. Council will meet on Tuesday 29 March to consider a report on the Annual Plan for 2022/2023, which inclu

Water restrictions have been introduced throughout Southland district. Low rainfall in Southland district since before Christmas has depleted the levels of Southland rivers, streams, aquifers and lakes. To conserve water, unattended sprinklers or hoses are not allowed to operate anywhere on Southlan