Council

Tension is building between Invercargill city councillors, with Grant Dermody and Tom Campbell accusing Ian Pottinger of being misleading and scaremongering in the build up to elections. Cr Pottinger is a mayoral candidate and spoke publicly on Friday last week about rumours the Bluff wastewater upgrade could cost ratepayers tens

Homeowners tired of wrestling with consent paperwork to erect a modest garden shed or hobby room are set to receive welcome relief. Cabinet has signed off new setback rules that scrap the mandatory distance between a boundary and single-storey buildings smaller than ten square metres, and shrink the distance to

A decision to secure Invercargill’s emergency water supply as early as mid-2027 at a cost of $18 million was lost by a narrow margin yesterday. Seven councillors were against the motion put by Infrastructure and Projects Committee chair Grant Dermody, to crack on with the Awarua business case as

• Invercargill sees its first open mayoral race without an incumbent in decades. • Twenty-seven council hopefuls join the election alongside board and trust candidates. • Voting begins in early September with several opportunities to cast ballots across the city. Invercargill is set for a competitive election season with eight candidates entering the

Invercargill’s iconic town clock will now cost $1.98 million to completely restore and reclad, but it will be a sight to behold in Wachner Place. Question for Council’s chief engineer of infrastructure, Russell Pearson: Why didn’t you turn up with three quotes? Instead, you arrived with

Mayor Nobby Clark has won support for leaving a review of its charter with mana whenua for the incoming council. At today’s council meeting, it was discussed that the review of the charter He Huarahi mō Ngā Uri Whakatupu was already 10 years old, and should be updated every

The timer on Mayor Nobby Clark’s watch says he has just 83 days to go in the hot seat. Having spent several weeks in and out of hospital after a series of mini-strokes, he knows that if he doesn’t slow down, he could experience something more serious with

Canine compliance has slipped in Invercargill, with city officials admitting that staffing issues and tough times are contributing to a rise in unregistered dogs. At a council meeting on Tuesday, group manager of consenting and environment Jonathan Shaw acknowledged the problem. “It’s a challenge to actually keep a track