Elections

The Invercargill ‘mayoralty fund’ may have been slipping away for Sir Tim Shadbolt, but councillors were still happy to pay for his additional expenditure at the recent LGNZ conference.  His Worship’s recent $500 overspend for a rental car and accommodation in Wellington/Palmerston North made nation

This afternoon Invercargill City Council mayoral candidate, Nobby Clark released the list of candidates who will run under the ‘Let’s go Invercargill’ ticket’. A few more names are expected next week. In short media release Clark said, attached for your reference is the list of candidates Allan Arno

City councillor Darren Ludlow has confirmed his intention to contest the Invercargill mayoralty. The local government elections in October will see Ludlow make a second bid for the mayoralty, a role for which his experience and inclusive philosophy make him a worthy candidate. “The past three years

Candidate nominations, including those for Invercargill City Council and the Bluff Community Board and Invercargill Licencing Trust, open today, Friday 15 July. Council Deputy Electoral Officer and Manager Governance and Legal Michael Morris said the opening of nominations signalled a busy, exciting

Harold Wilson – once Prime Minister of England – once said “a week is a long time in politics”, I would like to change that to an ‘hour is a long time in politics’. In a few short moments things can change one’s thoughts, and with that, one’s direction in life. That is certainly true […]

Mike & About: Three Waters Petition Rally at invercargill City Council, last Thursday. I chat to Laurie Paterson and Logan Evans from Groundswell NZ.Read more 👉 whatsoninvers.nz/vocal-crowd-at-three-waters-petition-rally-full-video

Deputy Mayor Nobby Clark has gained the support he needs from four other councillors to file another Notice of Motion pushing for council to join the ‘Communities 4 Local Democracy’ breakaway group. The group is in opposition to the proposed 3 Waters reform and already made up of 31 other councils a

Invercargill Mayor Sir Tim Shadbolt is doing his damndest to put the city council’s Legacy Report to bed and move on.  But the Risk and Assurance Committee chair Bruce Robertson said today that it was important that the past 18 months of work done by the council was not “dropped and forgotten.” A re