This week has signalled the start of an exciting new chapter in our region’s development with Great South established to lead Southland into the future. In 2015 it was identified that in order to encourage Southland’s future prosperity a renewed focus was needed to grow Southland’s culture and lifes
Imagine what you could do with $30m. You’d make a significant difference in whatever area you spent that $30m in. With the right guidance, you might even be able to change the trajectory of a city. Invercargill ratepayers have the opportunity to consult on whether they’d like the Invercargill City C
What an absolute shambles Mondays’ extraordinary meeting was, to deal with the WasteNet issue. I presented a paper raising concerns and then sat and observed what I can only call a circus. The issue that ICC faces is that Invercargill City Councillors were split (needing the Mayor to cast a mayoral
Opinion: I am staggered that while Mayors Tong and Hicks repeatedly say they are still restrained by a tender process that has yet to be finalised (and had the WasteNet lawyer reinforce that) yet when they don’t like the ICC vote they feel free (1) to discredit ICC (2) to discredit SdE and it’s offe
Opinion: The great news is that by a one vote majority, ICC Councillors have voted that after the next elections, no Councillor can also hold a directorship in the Council owned HoldCo. This is a reversal of a previous vote. But before we think it puts to rest what many ratepayers see is a conflict
I don’t normally comment on political issues but this decision by council to go into further consultation with the public about the inner city development has got me fired up! This development is not a “nice to do” it simply has to be done! Invercargill city is broken, many buildings are not even vi
SdE to their credit have now broken their confidentiality conditions with the WasteNet committee (a coalition of the 3 Councils in Invercargill, Southland District and Gore), which has muzzled them for far too long telling their 82 affected employees and their family members of the pending axe job.
OPINION: I had the pleasure, if you can call it that, to attend the latest Full Council meeting. What a circus it turned into, led by Mayoral candidate Cr Ludlow. His initial gesture was to stop an attempt by the Mayor to allow each Councillor to express a view on whether next elections voting form
