Politics

Invercargill Deputy Mayor Nobby Clark maintains the real issue with the Three Waters reforms is the fact the Government hasn’t withdrawn its co-governance model, despite now giving councils a non-financial shareholding. This effectively means that mana whenua (with a population base of 5%), would ha

When Christopher Luxon came to town on Saturday, whatsoninvers.nz founder Mike Sanford asked him some questions about the worker crisis, tax, inflation and mandates. After a tour of the Invercargill Central city centre redevelopment, and the Seriously Good Chocolate Factory where he tried his hand a

Labour’s Invercargill MP Liz Craig needs to reflect on who she’s representing in Parliament as she blocks a briefing into Government mental health funding, in her role as chair of the Health Select Committee, Invercargill MP Penny Simmonds says. “As Health Select Committee chair this was Dr Craig’s

It was possibly the closest election race in the country between Penny Simmonds and Liz Craig, but National just got there in the end. Provisional votes released on October 17 had Simmonds as the winner with a margin of 685 votes, but on Friday that gap narrowed to just 225. “Phew! Thank you everyon

It’s business as usual for the primary sector with ministerial portfolios remaining relatively unchanged but from a few tweaks. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the new Cabinet today. Damien O’Connor has kept his job as Minister of Agriculture, one he held last term, and picks up Trade and Ex

One of the biggest winners of today’s Cabinet announcement is newly-appointed Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta – not only the first woman, but also the first Māori woman, to ever hold the role. It is not the first time she’s trailblazed for Māori wāhine either – last Parliamentary term she was

Well-known Southlander Paddy O’Brien has confirmed that he will be putting his name up for election to the Invercargill City Council by-election, which will take place in February 2021. The former international rugby referee and current World Rugby High Performance Sevens Referee Manager has put his

Former Invercargill City Councillor Wayne Harpur believes it is time for Councillors to stop their infighting and sniping through the media and literally put their money where their mouth is. Mr Harpur, who is going to stand in the by-election for the seat vacated by Toni Biddle, said Councillors sh