Opinion

“It staggers me that journalists take political polls seriously and call the forthcoming election a close-run thing. That’s rubbish. Labour will be swept out in a landslide, as I’ve been writing for the past two years. Putting aside the indisputable fact of the government’s astonishing ineptitude on

Watch: Nicola Willis, Deputy Leader of the National Party, as she speaks at the public meeting held at the Invercargill Working Men’s Club. We apologise for the initial rough footage, as there were issues with the tripod causing an important part to be missed. However, we managed to implement a succ

The state of our roads in Invercargill and Southland is a huge concern. Our councils have done their best, under very trying circumstances, but cuts to government road funding have meant that they have had a difficult job in recent years. Millions of dollars in Waka Kotahi (NZ Transport Agency) fund

With voting underway, now seems a good time to give you a few reasons to vote for me. A vote for me is a vote for the tradies, apprentices and labourers who quite literally built this city. Related:  David Meades: A Strong Advocate For Council, Mayor Clark Give His Endorsement Candidate Statements R

Here’s a quiz. What is Invercargill? A city.  What is a city made of? Buildings. Who builds buildings?  Builders.  Easy, right? Invercargill is a city made of buildings built by builders. But Invercargill doesn’t have enough buildings. A 2021 report showed just how dire our housing crisis is.  Inver

Uncertainty remains for Invercargill childcare centres and families, as the Government rewrites its early childhood policy for the second time in a month. Labour’s arrogance and lack of consultation around its revised Early Childhood Education policy means that it remains unworkable, despite asserti

Political deception is as old as politics itself. There have always been political actors who have attempted to twist and manipulate information. Sometimes this includes politicians, political activists, journalists, and even governments. When the inaccuracy of information is accidental and innocent

I am devastated for the families affected by our failing health system and the lack of appropriate cancer treatment recently highlighted in Otago and Southland. Despite the best efforts of all our local medical and nursing staff, people in the Southern region are just not getting the same access to