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Opinion: I’m Game Ready. Is Invercargill?
Opinion: I’m Game Ready. Is Invercargill?
Sep 21, 2019

Here on the streets of Tokyo, the hype and energy surrounding the Rugby World Cup is infectious. I’m here as part of the Japan team’s medical and physiotherapy contingent, making the team as game ready as they can be. The mentality of game-ready is a skill I’ve spend year refining and is applicable

City Chatter – Make Your Vote Count
City Chatter –  Make Your Vote Count
Opinion   -   Sep 20, 2019

Over the past three years this column has provided information and insights into issues of vital interest to City Council ratepayers such as the museum closure, the Don Street development, the CBD development and the WasteNet tender process. In areas where we found the Council to be acting in ways w

Opinion: Economic Growth Has Declined Under This Government
Sep 25, 2019 Opinion: Economic Growth Has Declined Under This Government

Economic growth has declined under this Government and despite nearly two years in office Labour still has no plan for growth, writes MP for Invercargill Sarah Dowie. Finance Minister Grant Robertson scoffs at reports of plummeting business confidence. He looks at falling growth on a per person basi

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Opinion: Economic Growth Has Declined Under This Government
Opinion: Economic Growth Has Declined Under This Government
Sep 25, 2019

Economic growth has declined under this Government and despite nearly two years in office Labour still has no plan for growth, writes MP for Invercargill Sarah Dowie. Finance Minister Grant Robertson scoffs at reports of plummeting business confidence. He looks at falling growth on a per person basi

Opinion: I’m Game Ready. Is Invercargill?
Opinion: I’m Game Ready. Is Invercargill?
Sep 21, 2019

Here on the streets of Tokyo, the hype and energy surrounding the Rugby World Cup is infectious. I’m here as part of the Japan team’s medical and physiotherapy contingent, making the team as game ready as they can be. The mentality of game-ready is a skill I’ve spend year refining and is applicable

City Chatter – Make Your Vote Count
City Chatter –  Make Your Vote Count
Opinion   -   Sep 20, 2019

Over the past three years this column has provided information and insights into issues of vital interest to City Council ratepayers such as the museum closure, the Don Street development, the CBD development and the WasteNet tender process. In areas where we found the Council to be acting in ways w

Opinion: Paddy O’Brien for ILT
Opinion: Paddy O’Brien for ILT
Sep 19, 2019

The local body elections are upon us again, and the past three years have certainly gone fast. I am just coming to the end of my first term on the Board at the ILT, a position I have found stimulating, exciting, and, at times challenging. These three years have been extremely rewarding. I have been

Opinion: More ICC Worries, As Wastenet Saga drags On
Opinion: More ICC Worries, As Wastenet Saga drags On
Aug 21, 2019

I was one of many ratepayers that gave a large sigh of relief when our council voted to not accept the preferred tenderer (now advised as Smart Environmental) and to maintain our Southland disAbility Enterprise for the next 12 months in the Recycling plant. I emailed all of our elected officials bef

Cartoon of the Day
Cartoon of the Day
Opinion   -   Aug 06, 2019

Clutha District Mayor Bryan Cadogan told Stuff. “The polytechnic fight should be halted hoping fellow southern community leaders instead work with the Education Minister over the proposed merger”. Read the full Stuff story 👉 zkks4.app.goo.gl/LaAL

Opinion: The Final Nail In The WasteNet Tender Process
Opinion: The Final Nail In The WasteNet Tender Process
Opinion   -   Aug 04, 2019

Opinion: It staggers me that we still have the other Councils and some ICC Councillors wanting to keep the WasteNet tender open for the next 12 months. This tells me that they will then get their preferred tenderer in at the expense of those from Southland disAbility Enterprises who currently work t

Opinion: Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics
Opinion: Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics
Opinion   -   Aug 04, 2019

The heart of the Stand Up For SIT campaign was to have the Education Minister Chris Hipkins hear Southland’s voice. To hear our cries of how much his Reform of Vocational Education (RoVE) would damage Southland. Be heard, we said. We were heard. But no one listened. Thursday’s announcements from the

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